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Dapguri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dapguri is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 79 families residing. The Dapguri village has population of 316 of which 168 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dapguri village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 13.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dapguri village is 881 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dapguri as per census is 720, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dapguri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dapguri village was 88.64 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dapguri Male literacy stands at 88.81 % while female literacy rate was 88.46 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dapguri 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 Dapguri village.

Dapguri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 316 168 148
Child (0-6) 43 25 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 311 165 146
Literacy 88.64 % 88.81 % 88.46 %
Total Workers 142 83 59
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 105 69 36

Caste Factor

In Dapguri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.42 % of total population in Dapguri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dapguri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dapguri village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 26.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.