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Lower Darengre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Darengre is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 154 families residing. The Lower Darengre village has population of 919 of which 462 are males while 457 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Darengre village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 11.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Darengre village is 989 which is equal than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Darengre as per census is 1191, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Darengre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Darengre village was 96.69 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Darengre Male literacy stands at 97.83 % while female literacy rate was 95.51 %.

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

Lower Darengre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 154 - -
Population 919 462 457
Child (0-6) 103 47 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 914 459 455
Literacy 96.69 % 97.83 % 95.51 %
Total Workers 300 171 129
Main Worker 261 - -
Marginal Worker 39 19 20

Caste Factor

In Lower Darengre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.46 % of total population in Lower Darengre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Darengre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Darengre village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 87.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.