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Dumnigaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dumnigaon is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 143 families residing. The Dumnigaon village has population of 606 of which 306 are males while 300 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dumnigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dumnigaon village is 980 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dumnigaon as per census is 1029, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dumnigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dumnigaon village was 59.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dumnigaon Male literacy stands at 66.54 % while female literacy rate was 52.08 %.

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

Dumnigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 606 306 300
Child (0-6) 69 34 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 605 305 300
Literacy 59.40 % 66.54 % 52.08 %
Total Workers 313 169 144
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 67 18 49

Caste Factor

In Dumnigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.83 % of total population in Dumnigaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dumnigaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dumnigaon village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 78.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.