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Nikwatgre Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nikwatgre is a small village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Nikwatgre village has population of 186 of which 88 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikwatgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 20.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikwatgre village is 1114 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikwatgre as per census is 1235, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nikwatgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikwatgre village was 74.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nikwatgre Male literacy stands at 71.83 % while female literacy rate was 76.62 %.

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

Nikwatgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 186 88 98
Child (0-6) 38 17 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 180 85 95
Literacy 74.32 % 71.83 % 76.62 %
Total Workers 100 47 53
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 95 43 52

Caste Factor

In Nikwatgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.77 % of total population in Nikwatgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nikwatgre village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nikwatgre village out of total population, 100 were engaged in work activities. 5.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 100 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.