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Dapgiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dapgiri is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 116 families residing. The Dapgiri village has population of 671 of which 316 are males while 355 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dapgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 12.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dapgiri village is 1123 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dapgiri as per census is 884, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dapgiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dapgiri village was 92.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dapgiri Male literacy stands at 91.94 % while female literacy rate was 93.69 %.

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

Dapgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 671 316 355
Child (0-6) 81 43 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 663 312 351
Literacy 92.88 % 91.94 % 93.69 %
Total Workers 136 95 41
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 12 7 5

Caste Factor

In Dapgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.81 % of total population in Dapgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dapgiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dapgiri village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 91.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.