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Bengkagittim Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bengkagittim is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Bengkagittim village has population of 229 of which 117 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bengkagittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 20.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bengkagittim village is 957 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bengkagittim as per census is 586, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bengkagittim village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bengkagittim village was 59.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bengkagittim Male literacy stands at 63.64 % while female literacy rate was 54.74 %.

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

Bengkagittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 229 117 112
Child (0-6) 46 29 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 226 114 112
Literacy 59.02 % 63.64 % 54.74 %
Total Workers 42 38 4
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Bengkagittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.69 % of total population in Bengkagittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bengkagittim village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bengkagittim village out of total population, 42 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 42 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.