Barigaon Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Barigaon is a medium size village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 119 families residing. The Barigaon village has population of 560 of which 302 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 15.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barigaon village is 854 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Barigaon as per census is 648, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Barigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Barigaon village was 73.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Barigaon Male literacy stands at 79.03 % while female literacy rate was 67.26 %.

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

Barigaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	560	302	258
Child (0-6)	89	54	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	559	302	257
Literacy	73.46 %	79.03 %	67.26 %
Total Workers	346	185	161
Main Worker	340	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	4	2

Caste Factor

In Barigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.82 % of total population in Barigaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barigaon village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Barigaon village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 98.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 337 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.