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Gairong Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gairong is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Gairong village has population of 439 of which 224 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gairong village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 19.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gairong village is 960 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gairong as per census is 1048, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gairong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gairong village was 61.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gairong Male literacy stands at 65.38 % while female literacy rate was 57.89 %.

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

Gairong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 439 224 215
Child (0-6) 86 42 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 428 217 211
Literacy 61.76 % 65.38 % 57.89 %
Total Workers 208 122 86
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Gairong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.49 % of total population in Gairong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gairong village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gairong village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 98.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.