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Lower Damachiga Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Damachiga is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 107 families residing. The Lower Damachiga village has population of 671 of which 355 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Damachiga village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 16.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Damachiga village is 890 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Damachiga as per census is 850, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Damachiga village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Damachiga village was 81.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Damachiga Male literacy stands at 83.73 % while female literacy rate was 78.11 %.

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

Lower Damachiga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 107 - -
Population 671 355 316
Child (0-6) 111 60 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 657 345 312
Literacy 81.07 % 83.73 % 78.11 %
Total Workers 255 144 111
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 50 11 39

Caste Factor

In Lower Damachiga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.91 % of total population in Lower Damachiga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Damachiga village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Damachiga village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 80.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.