South West Garo Hills is one of 11 districts located in northeastern Indian state Meghalaya. There are total 2 blocks which comes under South West Garo Hills district, and there are total 427 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of South West Garo Hills district is 2932 and number of houses in this district is 28993.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 146705. Out of total 146705, male population count is 74207, where as female population count is 72498 in South West Garo Hills.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 25404 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 25404 children 12895 are boys and 12509 are girl child.
Literacy rate of South West Garo Hills district is 56%. 82272 out of total 146705 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 60% and 44813 males are literate out of total 74207 male population, where as female literacy rate is 48% and 37459 out of total 72498 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of South West Garo Hills district is 43%. 64433 out of total 146705 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 39% and 29394 males are illiterate out of total 74207 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 48% and 35039 out of total 72498 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of South West Garo Hills district is 57952 and non-working population is 88753 and out of 57952 working population 21345 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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