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Dekigre Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dekigre is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 20 families residing. The Dekigre village has population of 118 of which 56 are males while 62 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dekigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 16.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dekigre village is 1107 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dekigre as per census is 1375, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dekigre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dekigre village was 78.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dekigre Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 76.47 %.

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

Dekigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 20 - -
Population 118 56 62
Child (0-6) 19 8 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 118 56 62
Literacy 78.79 % 81.25 % 76.47 %
Total Workers 51 26 25
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 17 6 11

Caste Factor

In Dekigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dekigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dekigre village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dekigre village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 66.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.