Kashra Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kashra is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Kashra village has population of 239 of which 124 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kashra village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 12.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kashra village is 927 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kashra as per census is 706, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kashra village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kashra village was 45.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kashra Male literacy stands at 47.66 % while female literacy rate was 42.72 %.

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

Kashra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	56	-	-
Population	239	124	115
Child (0-6)	29	17	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	237	124	113
Literacy	45.24 %	47.66 %	42.72 %
Total Workers	147	73	74
Main Worker	89	-	-
Marginal Worker	58	17	41

Caste Factor

In Kashra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.16 % of total population in Kashra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kashra village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kashra village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 60.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.