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Amguri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Amguri is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Amguri village has population of 174 of which 88 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amguri village population of children with age 0-6 is 10 which makes up 5.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amguri village is 977 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amguri as per census is 250, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amguri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amguri village was 93.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amguri Male literacy stands at 92.50 % while female literacy rate was 95.24 %.

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

Amguri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 174 88 86
Child (0-6) 10 8 2
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 169 88 81
Literacy 93.90 % 92.50 % 95.24 %
Total Workers 72 31 41
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 22 7 15

Caste Factor

In Amguri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.13 % of total population in Amguri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amguri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Amguri village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 69.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.