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Galwangsa Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Galwangsa is a small village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 24 families residing. The Galwangsa village has population of 137 of which 66 are males while 71 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galwangsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 27.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galwangsa village is 1076 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Galwangsa as per census is 1375, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Galwangsa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Galwangsa village was 58.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Galwangsa Male literacy stands at 70.00 % while female literacy rate was 46.94 %.

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

Galwangsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 137 66 71
Child (0-6) 38 16 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 137 66 71
Literacy 58.59 % 70.00 % 46.94 %
Total Workers 65 37 28
Main Worker 43 - -
Marginal Worker 22 4 18

Caste Factor

In Galwangsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Galwangsa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Galwangsa village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Galwangsa village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 66.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.