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Dame Apal Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dame Apal is a small village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Dame Apal village has population of 191 of which 96 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dame Apal village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 23.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dame Apal village is 990 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dame Apal as per census is 1045, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dame Apal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dame Apal village was 67.81 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dame Apal Male literacy stands at 74.32 % while female literacy rate was 61.11 %.

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

Dame Apal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 191 96 95
Child (0-6) 45 22 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 182 93 89
Literacy 67.81 % 74.32 % 61.11 %
Total Workers 125 66 59
Main Worker 117 - -
Marginal Worker 8 5 3

Caste Factor

In Dame Apal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.29 % of total population in Dame Apal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dame Apal village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dame Apal village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 93.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.