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Kalwe Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kalwe is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Kalwe village has population of 265 of which 139 are males while 126 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalwe village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalwe village is 906 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalwe as per census is 828, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kalwe village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalwe village was 53.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kalwe Male literacy stands at 56.36 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Kalwe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 265 139 126
Child (0-6) 53 29 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 246 128 118
Literacy 53.30 % 56.36 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 167 81 86
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 52 24 28

Caste Factor

In Kalwe village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.83 % of total population in Kalwe village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kalwe village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kalwe village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 68.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.