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Gofraigaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gofraigaon is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Gofraigaon village has population of 182 of which 98 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gofraigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 15.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gofraigaon village is 857 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gofraigaon as per census is 647, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gofraigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gofraigaon village was 50.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gofraigaon Male literacy stands at 54.32 % while female literacy rate was 45.21 %.

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

Gofraigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 182 98 84
Child (0-6) 28 17 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 182 98 84
Literacy 50.00 % 54.32 % 45.21 %
Total Workers 77 43 34
Main Worker 48 - -
Marginal Worker 29 0 29

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Gofraigaon village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 62.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.