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Dura Songma Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dura Songma is a medium size village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Dura Songma village has population of 671 of which 344 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dura Songma village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 16.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dura Songma village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dura Songma as per census is 742, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dura Songma village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dura Songma village was 86.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dura Songma Male literacy stands at 89.01 % while female literacy rate was 84.34 %.

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

Dura Songma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 671 344 327
Child (0-6) 108 62 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 657 335 322
Literacy 86.68 % 89.01 % 84.34 %
Total Workers 232 150 82
Main Worker 167 - -
Marginal Worker 65 43 22

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dura Songma village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 71.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.