South Garo Hills is one of 11 districts located in northeastern Indian state Meghalaya. There are total 4 blocks which comes under South Garo Hills district, and there are total 804 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of South Garo Hills district is 295 and number of houses in this district is 22176.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 129203. Out of total 129203, male population count is 66470, where as female population count is 62733 in South Garo Hills.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 25678 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 25678 children 13026 are boys and 12652 are girl child.
Literacy rate of South Garo Hills district is 55%. 72275 out of total 129203 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 59% and 39880 males are literate out of total 66470 male population, where as female literacy rate is 48% and 32395 out of total 62733 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of South Garo Hills district is 44%. 56928 out of total 129203 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 40% and 26590 males are illiterate out of total 66470 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 48% and 30338 out of total 62733 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of South Garo Hills district is 49289 and non-working population is 79914 and out of 49289 working population 21809 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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