Linga Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Linga is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 189 families residing. The Linga village has population of 1271 of which 664 are males while 607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Linga village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 17.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Linga village is 914 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Linga as per census is 956, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Linga village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Linga village was 83.90 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Linga Male literacy stands at 91.65 % while female literacy rate was 75.35 %.

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

Linga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	189	-	-
Population	1,271	664	607
Child (0-6)	221	113	108
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,270	663	607
Literacy	83.90 %	91.65 %	75.35 %
Total Workers	548	264	284
Main Worker	418	-	-
Marginal Worker	130	52	78

Caste Factor

In Linga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.92 % of total population in Linga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Linga village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Linga village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 76.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 387 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.