Gandigiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gandigiri is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Gandigiri village has population of 151 of which 72 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandigiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 15.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandigiri village is 1097 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandigiri as per census is 917, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gandigiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandigiri village was 95.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gandigiri Male literacy stands at 95.00 % while female literacy rate was 95.59 %.

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

Gandigiri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	151	72	79
Child (0-6)	23	12	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	151	72	79
Literacy	95.31 %	95.00 %	95.59 %
Total Workers	64	31	33
Main Worker	40	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	3	21

Caste Factor

In Gandigiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Gandigiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gandigiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gandigiri village out of total population, 64 were engaged in work activities. 62.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.