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Gangbanga Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gangbanga is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 164 families residing. The Gangbanga village has population of 963 of which 471 are males while 492 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangbanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 17.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangbanga village is 1045 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangbanga as per census is 943, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gangbanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangbanga village was 67.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gangbanga Male literacy stands at 65.36 % while female literacy rate was 70.24 %.

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

Gangbanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 963 471 492
Child (0-6) 169 87 82
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 935 462 473
Literacy 67.88 % 65.36 % 70.24 %
Total Workers 234 162 72
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Gangbanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.09 % of total population in Gangbanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gangbanga village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gangbanga village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 99.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.