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Diskiang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Diskiang is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Diskiang village has population of 320 of which 165 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Diskiang village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 21.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Diskiang village is 939 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Diskiang as per census is 725, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Diskiang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Diskiang village was 95.22 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Diskiang Male literacy stands at 91.20 % while female literacy rate was 99.21 %.

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

Diskiang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 320 165 155
Child (0-6) 69 40 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 320 165 155
Literacy 95.22 % 91.20 % 99.21 %
Total Workers 122 62 60
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Diskiang village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 96.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.