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Darong-Adu Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Darong-Adu is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 134 families residing. The Darong-Adu village has population of 744 of which 369 are males while 375 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darong-Adu village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darong-Adu village is 1016 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Darong-Adu as per census is 971, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Darong-Adu village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Darong-Adu village was 91.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Darong-Adu Male literacy stands at 95.02 % while female literacy rate was 89.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Darong-Adu 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 Darong-Adu village.

Darong-Adu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 744 369 375
Child (0-6) 134 68 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 719 354 365
Literacy 91.97 % 95.02 % 89.00 %
Total Workers 246 129 117
Main Worker 228 - -
Marginal Worker 18 2 16

Caste Factor

In Darong-Adu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.64 % of total population in Darong-Adu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Darong-Adu village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Darong-Adu village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 92.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.