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Balmuri Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balmuri is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Balmuri village has population of 274 of which 149 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balmuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 20.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balmuri village is 839 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balmuri as per census is 774, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balmuri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balmuri village was 72.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balmuri Male literacy stands at 78.81 % while female literacy rate was 64.36 %.

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

Balmuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 274 149 125
Child (0-6) 55 31 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 265 143 122
Literacy 72.15 % 78.81 % 64.36 %
Total Workers 70 63 7
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Balmuri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.72 % of total population in Balmuri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balmuri village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balmuri village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 94.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.