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Dawa Kosigittin Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dawa Kosigittin is a small village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Dawa Kosigittin village has population of 196 of which 99 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dawa Kosigittin village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 23.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dawa Kosigittin village is 980 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dawa Kosigittin as per census is 880, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dawa Kosigittin village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dawa Kosigittin village was 71.81 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dawa Kosigittin Male literacy stands at 78.38 % while female literacy rate was 65.33 %.

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

Dawa Kosigittin Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 196 99 97
Child (0-6) 47 25 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 189 95 94
Literacy 71.81 % 78.38 % 65.33 %
Total Workers 100 50 50
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 56 11 45

Caste Factor

In Dawa Kosigittin village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.43 % of total population in Dawa Kosigittin village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dawa Kosigittin village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dawa Kosigittin village out of total population, 100 were engaged in work activities. 44.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 100 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.