East Garo Hills

This page provides an overview of East Garo Hills: population, literacy, households and a list of sub-districts (tehsils) and major villages.

Quick facts

1,545,393
Population
283,897
Households
972
Sex ratio (F per 1000 M)
59.95%
Approx. literacy

East Garo Hills has an aggregated population of 1,545,393. Approximately 41.14% live in rural areas (635,834) and 5.72% live in urban areas (88,384).

Tehsils / Sub-districts

Below are the tehsils (sub-districts) in this district. Click a tehsil to view village listings and details.

Tehsil / Sub-districtPopulationVillages
Taluk 0 635,834 3
Dambo Rongjeng 157,752 200
Kharkutta 154,431 191
Resubelpara 293,947 340
Samanda 144,108 162
Songsak 159,321 232

Population summary

East Garo Hills has a population of 1,545,393 (783,655 males and 761,738 females). The sex ratio is about 972 females per 1000 males.

CategoryNumber
Total population1,545,393
Male783,655
Female761,738
Rural population635,834 (41.14%)
Urban population88,384 (5.72%)
Households283,897

Literacy

Approximate literacy rate is 59.95%.

CategoryNumber
Total literates926,481
Total illiterates618,912

Scheduled Castes & Tribes

SC: 2,251 (0.15%). ST: 1,486,699 (96.2%).

CategoryPopulationShare
SC2,2510.15%
ST1,486,69996.2%

Children & Workforce

Children (0–6): 284,149 (18.39%). Workers: 617,057 (39.93%).

CategoryCountShare
Children (0-6)284,14918.39%
Total workers617,05739.93%

Largest villages by population

VillagePopulation
East Garo Hills 317,917
East Garo Hills 273,725
Resubelpara 104,514
Resubelpara 84,919
Samanda 56,235
Songsak 53,107
Songsak 53,107
Dambo Rongjeng 52,584
Dambo Rongjeng 52,584
Kharkutta 51,477