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Wagegitok Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wagegitok is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 38 families residing. The Wagegitok village has population of 201 of which 95 are males while 106 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wagegitok village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 25.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wagegitok village is 1116 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wagegitok as per census is 1125, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wagegitok village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wagegitok village was 60.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wagegitok Male literacy stands at 71.83 % while female literacy rate was 49.37 %.

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

Wagegitok Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 201 95 106
Child (0-6) 51 24 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 198 94 104
Literacy 60.00 % 71.83 % 49.37 %
Total Workers 162 76 86
Main Worker 159 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Wagegitok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.51 % of total population in Wagegitok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wagegitok village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wagegitok village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 98.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.