Diengkain Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Diengkain is a small village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 16 families residing. The Diengkain village has population of 101 of which 51 are males while 50 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Diengkain village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 21.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Diengkain village is 980 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Diengkain as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Diengkain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Diengkain village was 36.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Diengkain Male literacy stands at 45.00 % while female literacy rate was 28.21 %.

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

Diengkain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	16	-	-
Population	101	51	50
Child (0-6)	22	11	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	64	30	34
Literacy	36.71 %	45.00 %	28.21 %
Total Workers	27	24	3
Main Worker	13	-	-
Marginal Worker	14	12	2

Caste Factor

In Diengkain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.37 % of total population in Diengkain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Diengkain village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Diengkain village out of total population, 27 were engaged in work activities. 48.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 27 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.