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Balamagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balamagre is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Balamagre village has population of 234 of which 119 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balamagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 17.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balamagre village is 966 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balamagre as per census is 1471, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balamagre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balamagre village was 59.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balamagre Male literacy stands at 58.82 % while female literacy rate was 61.11 %.

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

Balamagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 234 119 115
Child (0-6) 42 17 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 233 119 114
Literacy 59.90 % 58.82 % 61.11 %
Total Workers 97 47 50
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 17 6 11

Caste Factor

In Balamagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.57 % of total population in Balamagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balamagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balamagre village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 82.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.