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Lower Darengchigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Darengchigre is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Lower Darengchigre village has population of 223 of which 104 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Darengchigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 18.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Darengchigre village is 1144 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Darengchigre as per census is 1158, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Darengchigre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Darengchigre village was 75.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Darengchigre Male literacy stands at 77.65 % while female literacy rate was 74.23 %.

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

Lower Darengchigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 223 104 119
Child (0-6) 41 19 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 221 103 118
Literacy 75.82 % 77.65 % 74.23 %
Total Workers 67 38 29
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 18 7 11

Caste Factor

In Lower Darengchigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.10 % of total population in Lower Darengchigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Darengchigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Darengchigre village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 73.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.