Diwah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Diwah is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 57 families residing. The Diwah village has population of 334 of which 177 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Diwah village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 25.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Diwah village is 887 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Diwah as per census is 867, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Diwah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Diwah village was 80.80 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Diwah Male literacy stands at 79.55 % while female literacy rate was 82.20 %.

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

Diwah Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	334	177	157
Child (0-6)	84	45	39
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	281	148	133
Literacy	80.80 %	79.55 %	82.20 %
Total Workers	137	71	66
Main Worker	53	-	-
Marginal Worker	84	45	39

Caste Factor

In Diwah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.13 % of total population in Diwah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Diwah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Diwah village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 38.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.