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Bandalkona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bandalkona is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 84 families residing. The Bandalkona village has population of 517 of which 251 are males while 266 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bandalkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 17.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bandalkona village is 1060 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bandalkona as per census is 1044, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bandalkona village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bandalkona village was 87.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bandalkona Male literacy stands at 87.38 % while female literacy rate was 88.13 %.

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

Bandalkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 517 251 266
Child (0-6) 92 45 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 484 235 249
Literacy 87.76 % 87.38 % 88.13 %
Total Workers 176 115 61
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 53 27 26

Caste Factor

In Bandalkona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.62 % of total population in Bandalkona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bandalkona village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bandalkona village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 69.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.