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Dengasi Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dengasi is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 65 families residing. The Dengasi village has population of 376 of which 180 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dengasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 15.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dengasi village is 1089 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dengasi as per census is 1400, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dengasi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dengasi village was 84.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dengasi Male literacy stands at 83.87 % while female literacy rate was 84.47 %.

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

Dengasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 376 180 196
Child (0-6) 60 25 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 375 179 196
Literacy 84.18 % 83.87 % 84.47 %
Total Workers 146 88 58
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 92 39 53

Caste Factor

In Dengasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.73 % of total population in Dengasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dengasi village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dengasi village out of total population, 146 were engaged in work activities. 36.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 146 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.