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Dokamcheng Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dokamcheng is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 141 families residing. The Dokamcheng village has population of 790 of which 379 are males while 411 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dokamcheng village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 17.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dokamcheng village is 1084 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dokamcheng as per census is 1141, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dokamcheng village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dokamcheng village was 65.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dokamcheng Male literacy stands at 70.79 % while female literacy rate was 61.24 %.

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

Dokamcheng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 141 - -
Population 790 379 411
Child (0-6) 137 64 73
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 769 371 398
Literacy 65.85 % 70.79 % 61.24 %
Total Workers 216 170 46
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 38 19 19

Caste Factor

In Dokamcheng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.34 % of total population in Dokamcheng village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dokamcheng village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dokamcheng village out of total population, 216 were engaged in work activities. 82.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 216 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.