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Dadu Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dadu is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Dadu village has population of 140 of which 69 are males while 71 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dadu village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 24.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dadu village is 1029 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dadu as per census is 1267, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dadu village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dadu village was 84.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dadu Male literacy stands at 98.15 % while female literacy rate was 71.15 %.

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

Dadu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 140 69 71
Child (0-6) 34 15 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 140 69 71
Literacy 84.91 % 98.15 % 71.15 %
Total Workers 27 24 3
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dadu village out of total population, 27 were engaged in work activities. 96.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 27 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.