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Dirang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dirang is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 75 families residing. The Dirang village has population of 297 of which 145 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dirang village population of children with age 0-6 is 5 which makes up 1.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dirang village is 1048 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dirang as per census is 1500, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dirang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dirang village was 79.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dirang Male literacy stands at 79.72 % while female literacy rate was 78.52 %.

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 75 - -
Population 297 145 152
Child (0-6) 5 2 3
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 293 143 150
Literacy 79.11 % 79.72 % 78.52 %
Total Workers 142 82 60
Main Worker 135 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

In Dirang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.65 % 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, 142 were engaged in work activities. 95.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.