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Dewaliggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dewaliggre is a small village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Dewaliggre village has population of 123 of which 60 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewaliggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 21.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewaliggre village is 1050 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewaliggre as per census is 1455, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dewaliggre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewaliggre village was 53.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dewaliggre Male literacy stands at 77.55 % while female literacy rate was 27.66 %.

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

Dewaliggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 123 60 63
Child (0-6) 27 11 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 118 58 60
Literacy 53.13 % 77.55 % 27.66 %
Total Workers 57 25 32
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 22 6 16

Caste Factor

In Dewaliggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.93 % of total population in Dewaliggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dewaliggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dewaliggre village out of total population, 57 were engaged in work activities. 61.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 57 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.