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Dewsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dewsaw is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Dewsaw village has population of 223 of which 108 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 25.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewsaw village is 1065 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewsaw as per census is 1545, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dewsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewsaw village was 82.63 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dewsaw Male literacy stands at 83.72 % while female literacy rate was 81.48 %.

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

Dewsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 223 108 115
Child (0-6) 56 22 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 222 107 115
Literacy 82.63 % 83.72 % 81.48 %
Total Workers 70 56 14
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 7 5 2

Caste Factor

In Dewsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.55 % of total population in Dewsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dewsaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dewsaw village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 90.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.