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Balsrigittim Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balsrigittim is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Balsrigittim village has population of 279 of which 155 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balsrigittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 17.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balsrigittim village is 800 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balsrigittim as per census is 500, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balsrigittim village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balsrigittim village was 96.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balsrigittim Male literacy stands at 97.56 % while female literacy rate was 96.30 %.

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

Balsrigittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 279 155 124
Child (0-6) 48 32 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 277 153 124
Literacy 96.97 % 97.56 % 96.30 %
Total Workers 97 47 50
Main Worker 93 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Balsrigittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.28 % of total population in Balsrigittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balsrigittim village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balsrigittim village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 95.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.