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Dura-Asimgiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dura-Asimgiri is a medium size village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Dura-Asimgiri village has population of 313 of which 161 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dura-Asimgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 15.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dura-Asimgiri village is 944 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dura-Asimgiri as per census is 880, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dura-Asimgiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dura-Asimgiri village was 83.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dura-Asimgiri Male literacy stands at 86.76 % while female literacy rate was 79.23 %.

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

Dura-Asimgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 313 161 152
Child (0-6) 47 25 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 301 155 146
Literacy 83.08 % 86.76 % 79.23 %
Total Workers 122 63 59
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Dura-Asimgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.17 % of total population in Dura-Asimgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dura-Asimgiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dura-Asimgiri village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 96.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.