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Dingkajhora Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dingkajhora is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 87 families residing. The Dingkajhora village has population of 477 of which 235 are males while 242 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dingkajhora village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 18.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dingkajhora village is 1030 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dingkajhora as per census is 1282, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dingkajhora village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dingkajhora village was 64.43 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dingkajhora Male literacy stands at 66.84 % while female literacy rate was 61.98 %.

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

Dingkajhora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 477 235 242
Child (0-6) 89 39 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 475 233 242
Literacy 64.43 % 66.84 % 61.98 %
Total Workers 183 87 96
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 95 15 80

Caste Factor

In Dingkajhora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Dingkajhora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dingkajhora village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dingkajhora village out of total population, 183 were engaged in work activities. 48.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 183 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.