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Dholai Bhowal Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dholai Bhowal is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Dholai Bhowal village has population of 276 of which 149 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dholai Bhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 19.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dholai Bhowal village is 852 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dholai Bhowal as per census is 719, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dholai Bhowal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dholai Bhowal village was 65.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dholai Bhowal Male literacy stands at 69.23 % while female literacy rate was 61.54 %.

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

Dholai Bhowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 276 149 127
Child (0-6) 55 32 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 273 147 126
Literacy 65.61 % 69.23 % 61.54 %
Total Workers 60 57 3
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Dholai Bhowal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.91 % of total population in Dholai Bhowal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dholai Bhowal village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dholai Bhowal village out of total population, 60 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 60 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.