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Dangkong Garo Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dangkong Garo is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 60 families residing. The Dangkong Garo village has population of 335 of which 166 are males while 169 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dangkong Garo village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 16.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dangkong Garo village is 1018 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dangkong Garo as per census is 636, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dangkong Garo village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dangkong Garo village was 75.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dangkong Garo Male literacy stands at 73.68 % while female literacy rate was 77.03 %.

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

Dangkong Garo Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 335 166 169
Child (0-6) 54 33 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 334 166 168
Literacy 75.44 % 73.68 % 77.03 %
Total Workers 133 71 62
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 86 28 58

Caste Factor

In Dangkong Garo village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.70 % of total population in Dangkong Garo village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dangkong Garo village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dangkong Garo village out of total population, 133 were engaged in work activities. 35.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 133 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.