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Dariphang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dariphang is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Dariphang village has population of 206 of which 115 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dariphang village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 25.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dariphang village is 791 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dariphang as per census is 677, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dariphang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dariphang village was 27.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dariphang Male literacy stands at 35.71 % while female literacy rate was 18.57 %.

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

Dariphang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 206 115 91
Child (0-6) 52 31 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 204 113 91
Literacy 27.92 % 35.71 % 18.57 %
Total Workers 119 67 52
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Dariphang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.03 % of total population in Dariphang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dariphang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dariphang village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.