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Dandakol Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dandakol is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 103 families residing. The Dandakol village has population of 581 of which 282 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandakol village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 21.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandakol village is 1060 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandakol as per census is 1102, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dandakol village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandakol village was 60.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dandakol Male literacy stands at 65.47 % while female literacy rate was 55.56 %.

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

Dandakol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 581 282 299
Child (0-6) 124 59 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 566 276 290
Literacy 60.39 % 65.47 % 55.56 %
Total Workers 282 136 146
Main Worker 215 - -
Marginal Worker 67 24 43

Caste Factor

In Dandakol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.42 % of total population in Dandakol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dandakol village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dandakol village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 76.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.