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Dewsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dewsaw is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 73 families residing. The Dewsaw village has population of 418 of which 204 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 24.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewsaw village is 1049 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewsaw as per census is 1102, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dewsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewsaw village was 93.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dewsaw Male literacy stands at 91.61 % while female literacy rate was 94.38 %.

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

Dewsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 418 204 214
Child (0-6) 103 49 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 418 204 214
Literacy 93.02 % 91.61 % 94.38 %
Total Workers 199 99 100
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dewsaw village out of total population, 199 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 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.