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Dima Chigitchak Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dima Chigitchak is a medium size village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Dima Chigitchak village has population of 234 of which 114 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dima Chigitchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 26.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dima Chigitchak village is 1053 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dima Chigitchak as per census is 1067, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dima Chigitchak village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dima Chigitchak village was 65.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dima Chigitchak Male literacy stands at 64.29 % while female literacy rate was 67.05 %.

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

Dima Chigitchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 234 114 120
Child (0-6) 62 30 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 230 111 119
Literacy 65.70 % 64.29 % 67.05 %
Total Workers 91 52 39
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 38 9 29

Caste Factor

In Dima Chigitchak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.29 % of total population in Dima Chigitchak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dima Chigitchak village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dima Chigitchak village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 58.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.