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Kaligaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kaligaon is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Kaligaon village has population of 118 of which 54 are males while 64 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaligaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 21.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaligaon village is 1185 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaligaon as per census is 2571, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kaligaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaligaon village was 43.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kaligaon Male literacy stands at 51.06 % while female literacy rate was 34.78 %.

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

Kaligaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 118 54 64
Child (0-6) 25 7 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 116 52 64
Literacy 43.01 % 51.06 % 34.78 %
Total Workers 72 33 39
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Kaligaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.31 % of total population in Kaligaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kaligaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kaligaon village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 98.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.