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Dewankata Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dewankata is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Dewankata village has population of 393 of which 181 are males while 212 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewankata village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 12.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewankata village is 1171 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewankata as per census is 1429, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dewankata village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewankata village was 78.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dewankata Male literacy stands at 86.88 % while female literacy rate was 70.88 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dewankata village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dewankata village.

Dewankata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 393 181 212
Child (0-6) 51 21 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 393 181 212
Literacy 78.36 % 86.88 % 70.88 %
Total Workers 115 93 22
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Dewankata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dewankata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dewankata village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dewankata village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.