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New Dengasi Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

New Dengasi is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The New Dengasi village has population of 238 of which 130 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In New Dengasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 13.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of New Dengasi village is 831 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the New Dengasi as per census is 550, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

New Dengasi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of New Dengasi village was 90.34 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In New Dengasi Male literacy stands at 91.82 % while female literacy rate was 88.66 %.

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

New Dengasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 238 130 108
Child (0-6) 31 20 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 232 126 106
Literacy 90.34 % 91.82 % 88.66 %
Total Workers 101 58 43
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 68 27 41

Caste Factor

In New Dengasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.48 % of total population in New Dengasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in New Dengasi village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In New Dengasi village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 32.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.