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Dilkang Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dilkang is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Dilkang village has population of 244 of which 131 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dilkang village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 19.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dilkang village is 863 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dilkang as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dilkang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dilkang village was 88.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dilkang Male literacy stands at 88.79 % while female literacy rate was 88.76 %.

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

Dilkang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 244 131 113
Child (0-6) 48 24 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 239 127 112
Literacy 88.78 % 88.79 % 88.76 %
Total Workers 80 56 24
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Dilkang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.95 % of total population in Dilkang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dilkang village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dilkang village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 97.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.