Dhorom Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dhorom is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 127 families residing. The Dhorom village has population of 681 of which 350 are males while 331 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhorom village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 17.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhorom village is 946 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhorom as per census is 848, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dhorom village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhorom village was 74.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dhorom Male literacy stands at 80.99 % while female literacy rate was 68.36 %.

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

Dhorom Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	127	-	-
Population	681	350	331
Child (0-6)	122	66	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	189	98	91
Literacy	74.78 %	80.99 %	68.36 %
Total Workers	217	169	48
Main Worker	160	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	40	17

Caste Factor

Dhorom village of East Khasi Hills has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 27.75 % of total population in Dhorom village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhorom village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dhorom village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 73.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.