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Dira Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dira is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 105 families residing. The Dira village has population of 589 of which 280 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dira village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 24.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dira village is 1104 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dira as per census is 1057, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dira village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dira village was 38.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dira Male literacy stands at 34.29 % while female literacy rate was 42.98 %.

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

Dira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 589 280 309
Child (0-6) 144 70 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 587 279 308
Literacy 38.88 % 34.29 % 42.98 %
Total Workers 240 143 97
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 16 11 5

Caste Factor

In Dira village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Dira village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dira village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dira village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 93.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 131 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.