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Dufrigaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dufrigaon is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Dufrigaon village has population of 249 of which 139 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dufrigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 9.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dufrigaon village is 791 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dufrigaon as per census is 438, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dufrigaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dufrigaon village was 85.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dufrigaon Male literacy stands at 90.24 % while female literacy rate was 80.58 %.

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

Dufrigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 249 139 110
Child (0-6) 23 16 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 249 139 110
Literacy 85.84 % 90.24 % 80.58 %
Total Workers 140 72 68
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 49 13 36

Caste Factor

In Dufrigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dufrigaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dufrigaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dufrigaon village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 65.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.