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Goramura Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Goramura is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 276 families residing. The Goramura village has population of 1598 of which 733 are males while 865 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Goramura village population of children with age 0-6 is 268 which makes up 16.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Goramura village is 1180 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Goramura as per census is 1046, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Goramura village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Goramura village was 78.57 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Goramura Male literacy stands at 80.56 % while female literacy rate was 76.92 %.

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

Goramura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,598 733 865
Child (0-6) 268 131 137
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,478 666 812
Literacy 78.57 % 80.56 % 76.92 %
Total Workers 872 393 479
Main Worker 677 - -
Marginal Worker 195 73 122

Caste Factor

In Goramura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.49 % of total population in Goramura village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Goramura village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Goramura village out of total population, 872 were engaged in work activities. 77.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 872 workers engaged in Main Work, 281 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 308 were Agricultural labourer.