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Balanggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balanggre is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 115 families residing. The Balanggre village has population of 672 of which 337 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balanggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balanggre village is 994 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balanggre as per census is 1161, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balanggre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balanggre village was 83.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balanggre Male literacy stands at 85.05 % while female literacy rate was 81.11 %.

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

Balanggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 672 337 335
Child (0-6) 121 56 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 649 324 325
Literacy 83.12 % 85.05 % 81.11 %
Total Workers 348 199 149
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 100 41 59

Caste Factor

In Balanggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.58 % of total population in Balanggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balanggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balanggre village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 71.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.