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Dame Abanda Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dame Abanda is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Dame Abanda village has population of 220 of which 119 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dame Abanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 15.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dame Abanda village is 849 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dame Abanda as per census is 737, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dame Abanda village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dame Abanda village was 93.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dame Abanda Male literacy stands at 96.00 % while female literacy rate was 90.80 %.

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

Dame Abanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 220 119 101
Child (0-6) 33 19 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 214 116 98
Literacy 93.58 % 96.00 % 90.80 %
Total Workers 86 42 44
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Dame Abanda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.27 % of total population in Dame Abanda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dame Abanda village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dame Abanda village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 98.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.