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Upper Kamari Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Kamari is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 142 families residing. The Upper Kamari village has population of 674 of which 328 are males while 346 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Kamari village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Kamari village is 1055 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Kamari as per census is 1326, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Kamari village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Kamari village was 57.67 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Kamari Male literacy stands at 69.12 % while female literacy rate was 46.37 %.

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

Upper Kamari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 674 328 346
Child (0-6) 100 43 57
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 643 316 327
Literacy 57.67 % 69.12 % 46.37 %
Total Workers 358 177 181
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 193 28 165

Caste Factor

In Upper Kamari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.40 % of total population in Upper Kamari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Kamari village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Kamari village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 46.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.