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Dakolgiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dakolgiri is a small village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 17 families residing. The Dakolgiri village has population of 100 of which 57 are males while 43 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakolgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 19.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakolgiri village is 754 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakolgiri as per census is 583, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dakolgiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakolgiri village was 51.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dakolgiri Male literacy stands at 62.22 % while female literacy rate was 38.89 %.

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

Dakolgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 17 - -
Population 100 57 43
Child (0-6) 19 12 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 100 57 43
Literacy 51.85 % 62.22 % 38.89 %
Total Workers 48 28 20
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 6 5 1

Caste Factor

In Dakolgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dakolgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dakolgiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dakolgiri village out of total population, 48 were engaged in work activities. 87.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 48 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.