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Dawakol Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dawakol is a small village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Dawakol village has population of 146 of which 76 are males while 70 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dawakol village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 27.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dawakol village is 921 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dawakol as per census is 739, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dawakol village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dawakol village was 55.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dawakol Male literacy stands at 58.49 % while female literacy rate was 52.83 %.

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

Dawakol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 146 76 70
Child (0-6) 40 23 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 143 74 69
Literacy 55.66 % 58.49 % 52.83 %
Total Workers 31 31 0
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 18 18 0

Caste Factor

In Dawakol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.95 % of total population in Dawakol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dawakol village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dawakol village out of total population, 31 were engaged in work activities. 41.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 31 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.