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Dame Apal Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dame Apal is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Dame Apal village has population of 240 of which 111 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dame Apal village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 17.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dame Apal village is 1162 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dame Apal as per census is 750, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dame Apal village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dame Apal village was 85.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dame Apal Male literacy stands at 83.91 % while female literacy rate was 86.49 %.

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

Dame Apal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 240 111 129
Child (0-6) 42 24 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 228 108 120
Literacy 85.35 % 83.91 % 86.49 %
Total Workers 124 53 71
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Dame Apal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.00 % of total population in Dame Apal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dame Apal village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dame Apal village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 97.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.