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Balijhora Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balijhora is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Balijhora village has population of 344 of which 157 are males while 187 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balijhora village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 20.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balijhora village is 1191 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balijhora as per census is 1367, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balijhora village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balijhora village was 52.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balijhora Male literacy stands at 54.33 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Balijhora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 344 157 187
Child (0-6) 71 30 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 337 154 183
Literacy 52.01 % 54.33 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 174 79 95
Main Worker 76 - -
Marginal Worker 98 21 77

Caste Factor

In Balijhora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.97 % of total population in Balijhora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balijhora village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balijhora village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 43.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.