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Lower Kalaichar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Kalaichar is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 212 families residing. The Lower Kalaichar village has population of 936 of which 492 are males while 444 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Kalaichar village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 22.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Kalaichar village is 902 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Kalaichar as per census is 795, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Kalaichar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Kalaichar village was 39.81 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Kalaichar Male literacy stands at 41.07 % while female literacy rate was 38.46 %.

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

Lower Kalaichar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 936 492 444
Child (0-6) 210 117 93
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 39.81 % 41.07 % 38.46 %
Total Workers 361 235 126
Main Worker 265 - -
Marginal Worker 96 33 63

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Lower Kalaichar village of West Garo Hills district.

Work Profile

In Lower Kalaichar village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 73.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.