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Bakdagiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bakdagiri is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 62 families residing. The Bakdagiri village has population of 380 of which 203 are males while 177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakdagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 23.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakdagiri village is 872 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakdagiri as per census is 1022, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bakdagiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakdagiri village was 74.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bakdagiri Male literacy stands at 82.28 % while female literacy rate was 64.89 %.

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

Bakdagiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 380 203 177
Child (0-6) 91 45 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 379 202 177
Literacy 74.39 % 82.28 % 64.89 %
Total Workers 158 77 81
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Bakdagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.74 % of total population in Bakdagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bakdagiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bakdagiri village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.