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Dhorombasti Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dhorombasti is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 130 families residing. The Dhorombasti village has population of 679 of which 353 are males while 326 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhorombasti village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 16.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhorombasti village is 924 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhorombasti as per census is 982, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dhorombasti village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhorombasti village was 40.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dhorombasti Male literacy stands at 39.53 % while female literacy rate was 40.74 %.

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

Dhorombasti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 130 - -
Population 679 353 326
Child (0-6) 113 57 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 58 32 26
Literacy 40.11 % 39.53 % 40.74 %
Total Workers 188 169 19
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 66 56 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.54 % of total population in Dhorombasti village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhorombasti village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dhorombasti village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 64.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.