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Lower Damalgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Damalgre is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 173 families residing. The Lower Damalgre village has population of 983 of which 513 are males while 470 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Damalgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 14.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Damalgre village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Damalgre as per census is 1071, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Damalgre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Damalgre village was 80.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Damalgre Male literacy stands at 83.07 % while female literacy rate was 78.23 %.

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

Lower Damalgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 983 513 470
Child (0-6) 145 70 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 922 480 442
Literacy 80.79 % 83.07 % 78.23 %
Total Workers 362 187 175
Main Worker 307 - -
Marginal Worker 55 25 30

Caste Factor

In Lower Damalgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.79 % of total population in Lower Damalgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Damalgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Damalgre village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 84.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.