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Dowamakha Population - Baksa, Assam

Dowamakha is a medium size village located in Tamulpur Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 209 families residing. The Dowamakha village has population of 1119 of which 575 are males while 544 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dowamakha village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 13.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dowamakha village is 946 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Dowamakha as per census is 878, lower than Assam average of 962.

Dowamakha village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Dowamakha village was 69.64 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Dowamakha Male literacy stands at 77.28 % while female literacy rate was 61.65 %.

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

Dowamakha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,119 575 544
Child (0-6) 154 82 72
Schedule Caste 565 293 272
Schedule Tribe 54 26 28
Literacy 69.64 % 77.28 % 61.65 %
Total Workers 682 372 310
Main Worker 384 - -
Marginal Worker 298 111 187

Caste Factor

In Dowamakha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.83 % of total population in Dowamakha village.

Work Profile

In Dowamakha village out of total population, 682 were engaged in work activities. 56.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 682 workers engaged in Main Work, 297 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.