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Dongsu colony Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dongsu colony is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Dongsu colony village has population of 244 of which 122 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dongsu colony village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 21.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dongsu colony village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dongsu colony as per census is 793, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dongsu colony village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dongsu colony village was 89.06 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dongsu colony Male literacy stands at 93.55 % while female literacy rate was 84.85 %.

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

Dongsu colony Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 244 122 122
Child (0-6) 52 29 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 240 119 121
Literacy 89.06 % 93.55 % 84.85 %
Total Workers 85 41 44
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Dongsu colony village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.36 % of total population in Dongsu colony village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dongsu colony village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dongsu colony village out of total population, 85 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 85 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.