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Dagal Aga Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dagal Aga is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Dagal Aga village has population of 205 of which 101 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dagal Aga village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 16.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dagal Aga village is 1030 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dagal Aga as per census is 1125, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dagal Aga village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dagal Aga village was 76.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dagal Aga Male literacy stands at 89.41 % while female literacy rate was 62.79 %.

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

Dagal Aga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 205 101 104
Child (0-6) 34 16 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 202 99 103
Literacy 76.02 % 89.41 % 62.79 %
Total Workers 88 56 32
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 24 2 22

Caste Factor

In Dagal Aga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.54 % of total population in Dagal Aga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dagal Aga village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dagal Aga village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 72.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.