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Dambo Watesa Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dambo Watesa is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Dambo Watesa village has population of 292 of which 141 are males while 151 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dambo Watesa village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 25.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dambo Watesa village is 1071 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dambo Watesa as per census is 1552, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dambo Watesa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dambo Watesa village was 57.80 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dambo Watesa Male literacy stands at 62.50 % while female literacy rate was 52.83 %.

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

Dambo Watesa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 292 141 151
Child (0-6) 74 29 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 287 137 150
Literacy 57.80 % 62.50 % 52.83 %
Total Workers 120 57 63
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 15 6 9

Caste Factor

In Dambo Watesa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.29 % of total population in Dambo Watesa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dambo Watesa village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dambo Watesa village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 87.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.