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Silkol Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Silkol is a small village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Silkol village has population of 110 of which 60 are males while 50 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silkol village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 25.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silkol village is 833 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Silkol as per census is 867, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Silkol village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Silkol village was 50.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Silkol Male literacy stands at 62.22 % while female literacy rate was 35.14 %.

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

Silkol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 110 60 50
Child (0-6) 28 15 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 107 58 49
Literacy 50.00 % 62.22 % 35.14 %
Total Workers 43 24 19
Main Worker 43 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Silkol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.27 % of total population in Silkol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Silkol village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Silkol village out of total population, 43 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 43 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.