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Chigro Agal Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chigro Agal is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Chigro Agal village has population of 254 of which 127 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chigro Agal village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 13.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chigro Agal village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chigro Agal as per census is 667, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chigro Agal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chigro Agal village was 37.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chigro Agal Male literacy stands at 49.06 % while female literacy rate was 26.55 %.

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

Chigro Agal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 254 127 127
Child (0-6) 35 21 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 251 124 127
Literacy 37.44 % 49.06 % 26.55 %
Total Workers 213 103 110
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 125 58 67

Caste Factor

In Chigro Agal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.82 % of total population in Chigro Agal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chigro Agal village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chigro Agal village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 41.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.