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Darang Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Darang is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 210 families residing. The Darang village has population of 1234 of which 632 are males while 602 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darang village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 14.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darang village is 953 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Darang as per census is 946, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Darang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Darang village was 85.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Darang Male literacy stands at 87.38 % while female literacy rate was 83.07 %.

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

Darang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,234 632 602
Child (0-6) 181 93 88
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,229 631 598
Literacy 85.28 % 87.38 % 83.07 %
Total Workers 309 258 51
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 186 175 11

Caste Factor

In Darang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.59 % of total population in Darang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Darang village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Darang village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 39.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.