Selsella Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Selsella is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 131 families residing. The Selsella village has population of 759 of which 360 are males while 399 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Selsella village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 11.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Selsella village is 1108 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Selsella as per census is 1175, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Selsella village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Selsella village was 94.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Selsella Male literacy stands at 95.94 % while female literacy rate was 93.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Selsella 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 Selsella village.

Selsella Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	131	-	-
Population	759	360	399
Child (0-6)	87	40	47
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	750	356	394
Literacy	94.79 %	95.94 %	93.75 %
Total Workers	329	175	154
Main Worker	166	-	-
Marginal Worker	163	55	108

Caste Factor

In Selsella village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.81 % of total population in Selsella village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Selsella village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Selsella village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 50.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.