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Dagal Chiwako Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dagal Chiwako is a small village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Dagal Chiwako village has population of 148 of which 85 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dagal Chiwako village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 25.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dagal Chiwako village is 741 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dagal Chiwako as per census is 947, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dagal Chiwako village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dagal Chiwako village was 13.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dagal Chiwako Male literacy stands at 13.64 % while female literacy rate was 13.33 %.

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

Dagal Chiwako Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 148 85 63
Child (0-6) 37 19 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 143 82 61
Literacy 13.51 % 13.64 % 13.33 %
Total Workers 47 38 9
Main Worker 2 - -
Marginal Worker 45 36 9

Caste Factor

In Dagal Chiwako village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.62 % of total population in Dagal Chiwako village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dagal Chiwako village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dagal Chiwako village out of total population, 47 were engaged in work activities. 4.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 47 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.