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Barikgre Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Barikgre is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 103 families residing. The Barikgre village has population of 515 of which 274 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barikgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 19.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barikgre village is 880 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Barikgre as per census is 545, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Barikgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Barikgre village was 34.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Barikgre Male literacy stands at 43.75 % while female literacy rate was 24.88 %.

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

Barikgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 515 274 241
Child (0-6) 102 66 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 501 269 232
Literacy 34.38 % 43.75 % 24.88 %
Total Workers 318 157 161
Main Worker 210 - -
Marginal Worker 108 49 59

Caste Factor

In Barikgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.28 % of total population in Barikgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barikgre village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Barikgre village out of total population, 318 were engaged in work activities. 66.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 318 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.