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Damikchigre Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Damikchigre is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Damikchigre village has population of 165 of which 78 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damikchigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 20.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damikchigre village is 1115 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Damikchigre as per census is 1267, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Damikchigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Damikchigre village was 55.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Damikchigre Male literacy stands at 61.90 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Damikchigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 165 78 87
Child (0-6) 34 15 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 160 75 85
Literacy 55.73 % 61.90 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 68 37 31
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Damikchigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.97 % of total population in Damikchigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damikchigre village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Damikchigre village out of total population, 68 were engaged in work activities. 98.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 68 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.