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Dirang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dirang is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 21 families residing. The Dirang village has population of 129 of which 65 are males while 64 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dirang village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 24.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dirang village is 985 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dirang as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dirang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dirang village was 80.41 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dirang Male literacy stands at 77.55 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

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

Dirang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 21 - -
Population 129 65 64
Child (0-6) 32 16 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 129 65 64
Literacy 80.41 % 77.55 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 62 31 31
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dirang village out of total population, 62 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 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.