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Dathbanga Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dathbanga is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Dathbanga village has population of 196 of which 108 are males while 88 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dathbanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 20.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dathbanga village is 815 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dathbanga as per census is 864, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dathbanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dathbanga village was 54.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dathbanga Male literacy stands at 58.14 % while female literacy rate was 49.28 %.

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

Dathbanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 196 108 88
Child (0-6) 41 22 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 195 107 88
Literacy 54.19 % 58.14 % 49.28 %
Total Workers 91 44 47
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 50 5 45

Caste Factor

In Dathbanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.49 % of total population in Dathbanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dathbanga village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dathbanga village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 45.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.