West Garo Hills is one of 11 districts located in northeastern Indian state Meghalaya. There are total 6 blocks which comes under West Garo Hills district, and there are total 1236 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of West Garo Hills district is 293 and number of houses in this district is 80616.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 421728. Out of total 421728, male population count is 212716, where as female population count is 209012 in West Garo Hills.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 78226 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 78226 children 39467 are boys and 38759 are girl child.
Literacy rate of West Garo Hills district is 51%. 216176 out of total 421728 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 55% and 118207 males are literate out of total 212716 male population, where as female literacy rate is 53% and 97969 out of total 209012 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of West Garo Hills district is 48%. 205552 out of total 421728 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 44% and 94509 males are illiterate out of total 212716 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 53% and 111043 out of total 209012 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of West Garo Hills district is 174303 and non-working population is 247425 and out of 174303 working population 76602 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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