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Damash Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Damash is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 268 families residing. The Damash village has population of 1606 of which 799 are males while 807 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damash village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 15.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damash village is 1010 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Damash as per census is 1090, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Damash village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Damash village was 93.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Damash Male literacy stands at 93.50 % while female literacy rate was 92.88 %.

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

Damash Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,606 799 807
Child (0-6) 255 122 133
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,556 772 784
Literacy 93.19 % 93.50 % 92.88 %
Total Workers 288 232 56
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 42 22 20

Caste Factor

In Damash village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.89 % of total population in Damash village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damash village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Damash village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 85.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.