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New Photamati Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

New Photamati is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The New Photamati village has population of 321 of which 167 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In New Photamati village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 15.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of New Photamati village is 922 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the New Photamati as per census is 786, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

New Photamati village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of New Photamati village was 71.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In New Photamati Male literacy stands at 83.45 % while female literacy rate was 59.85 %.

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

New Photamati Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 321 167 154
Child (0-6) 50 28 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 319 166 153
Literacy 71.96 % 83.45 % 59.85 %
Total Workers 117 60 57
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 45 14 31

Caste Factor

In New Photamati village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in New Photamati village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in New Photamati village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In New Photamati village out of total population, 117 were engaged in work activities. 61.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 117 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.