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Chikal Dawa Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chikal Dawa is a small village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 24 families residing. The Chikal Dawa village has population of 127 of which 60 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikal Dawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 25.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikal Dawa village is 1117 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikal Dawa as per census is 1462, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chikal Dawa village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikal Dawa village was 84.21 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chikal Dawa Male literacy stands at 87.23 % while female literacy rate was 81.25 %.

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

Chikal Dawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 127 60 67
Child (0-6) 32 13 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 126 59 67
Literacy 84.21 % 87.23 % 81.25 %
Total Workers 51 26 25
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Chikal Dawa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.21 % of total population in Chikal Dawa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikal Dawa village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chikal Dawa village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 92.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.