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Debajani Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Debajani is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Debajani village has population of 291 of which 155 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Debajani village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 16.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Debajani village is 877 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Debajani as per census is 633, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Debajani village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Debajani village was 81.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Debajani Male literacy stands at 84.80 % while female literacy rate was 77.78 %.

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

Debajani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 291 155 136
Child (0-6) 49 30 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 288 154 134
Literacy 81.40 % 84.80 % 77.78 %
Total Workers 125 61 64
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 71 14 57

Caste Factor

In Debajani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.97 % of total population in Debajani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Debajani village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Debajani village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 43.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.