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Galwanggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Galwanggre is a medium size village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 72 families residing. The Galwanggre village has population of 366 of which 190 are males while 176 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galwanggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 24.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galwanggre village is 926 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Galwanggre as per census is 820, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Galwanggre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Galwanggre village was 73.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Galwanggre Male literacy stands at 82.14 % while female literacy rate was 65.19 %.

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

Galwanggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 366 190 176
Child (0-6) 91 50 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 355 184 171
Literacy 73.82 % 82.14 % 65.19 %
Total Workers 137 75 62
Main Worker 128 - -
Marginal Worker 9 5 4

Caste Factor

In Galwanggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.99 % of total population in Galwanggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Galwanggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Galwanggre village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 93.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.