Dendamgiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dendamgiri is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Dendamgiri village has population of 163 of which 80 are males while 83 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dendamgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 20.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dendamgiri village is 1038 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dendamgiri as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dendamgiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dendamgiri village was 63.57 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dendamgiri Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 56.06 %.

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

Dendamgiri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	163	80	83
Child (0-6)	34	17	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	161	78	83
Literacy	63.57 %	71.43 %	56.06 %
Total Workers	58	39	19
Main Worker	31	-	-
Marginal Worker	27	8	19

Caste Factor

In Dendamgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.77 % of total population in Dendamgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dendamgiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dendamgiri village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 53.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.