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Ashimgiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Ashimgiri is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Ashimgiri village has population of 121 of which 60 are males while 61 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ashimgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 19.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ashimgiri village is 1017 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ashimgiri as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ashimgiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ashimgiri village was 32.99 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ashimgiri Male literacy stands at 45.83 % while female literacy rate was 20.41 %.

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

Ashimgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 121 60 61
Child (0-6) 24 12 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 119 59 60
Literacy 32.99 % 45.83 % 20.41 %
Total Workers 66 35 31
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 11 6 5

Caste Factor

In Ashimgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.35 % of total population in Ashimgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ashimgiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Ashimgiri village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 83.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.