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Dandarigiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dandarigiri is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Dandarigiri village has population of 284 of which 142 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandarigiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandarigiri village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandarigiri as per census is 870, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dandarigiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandarigiri village was 60.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dandarigiri Male literacy stands at 74.79 % while female literacy rate was 45.90 %.

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

Dandarigiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 284 142 142
Child (0-6) 43 23 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 282 142 140
Literacy 60.17 % 74.79 % 45.90 %
Total Workers 124 69 55
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Dandarigiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.30 % of total population in Dandarigiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dandarigiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dandarigiri village out of total population, 124 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 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.