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Silkigittim Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Silkigittim is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 57 families residing. The Silkigittim village has population of 318 of which 169 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silkigittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 28.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silkigittim village is 882 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Silkigittim as per census is 765, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Silkigittim village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Silkigittim village was 51.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Silkigittim Male literacy stands at 61.86 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Silkigittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 318 169 149
Child (0-6) 90 51 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 317 168 149
Literacy 51.32 % 61.86 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 113 66 47
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 51 11 40

Caste Factor

In Silkigittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.69 % of total population in Silkigittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Silkigittim village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Silkigittim village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 54.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.