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Chigisin Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chigisin is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Chigisin village has population of 306 of which 169 are males while 137 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chigisin village population of children with age 0-6 is 9 which makes up 2.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chigisin village is 811 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chigisin as per census is 286, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chigisin village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chigisin village was 79.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chigisin Male literacy stands at 81.48 % while female literacy rate was 77.04 %.

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

Chigisin Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 306 169 137
Child (0-6) 9 7 2
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 305 168 137
Literacy 79.46 % 81.48 % 77.04 %
Total Workers 115 59 56
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 37 1 36

Caste Factor

In Chigisin village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.67 % of total population in Chigisin village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chigisin village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chigisin village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 67.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.