South Garo Hills is one of district of Meghalaya in India. There are 4 Taluks, 804 villages and 1 towns in South Garo Hills district.
As per the Census India 2011, South Garo Hills district has 24,527 households, population of 142,334 of which 73,170 are males and 69,164 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 27,909 which is 19.61% of total population.
The sex-ratio of South Garo Hills district is around
945 compared to
989 which is average of Meghalaya state. The literacy rate of South Garo Hills district is 57.65% out of which 61.5% males are literate and 53.58% females are literate. The total area of South Garo Hills is 1,887 sq.km with population density of 75 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 90.77% of population lives in Urban area and 9.23% lives in Rural area. There are 0.22% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 94.31% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in South Garo Hills district.
South Garo Hills Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 142,334 | 100% |
| Christian | 132,984 | 93.43% |
| Hindu | 7,036 | 4.94% |
| Muslim | 1,050 | 0.74% |
| Religion not stated | 533 | 0.37% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 362 | 0.25% |
| Buddhist | 332 | 0.23% |
| Sikh | 27 | 0.02% |
| Jain | 10 | 0.01% |
South Garo Hills Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 9 | 1,878 |
| Number of households | 2,351 | 22,176 |
| Total Population | 13,131 | 129,203 |
| Population (%) | 51.02% | 48.55% |
| Male Population | 6,700 | 66,470 |
| Female Population | 6,431 | 62,733 |
| Sex Ratio | 960 | 944 |
| Literacy (%) | 74.53% | 55.94% |
List of Taluks in South Garo Hills
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