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Jigabari Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jigabari is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Jigabari village has population of 302 of which 154 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jigabari village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 16.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jigabari village is 961 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jigabari as per census is 1130, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jigabari village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jigabari village was 88.93 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jigabari Male literacy stands at 90.08 % while female literacy rate was 87.70 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jigabari village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Jigabari village.

Jigabari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 302 154 148
Child (0-6) 49 23 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 291 150 141
Literacy 88.93 % 90.08 % 87.70 %
Total Workers 208 105 103
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 77 37 40

Caste Factor

In Jigabari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.36 % of total population in Jigabari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jigabari village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jigabari village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 62.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.