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Demdema Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Demdema is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 20 families residing. The Demdema village has population of 111 of which 58 are males while 53 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Demdema village population of children with age 0-6 is 12 which makes up 10.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Demdema village is 914 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Demdema as per census is 3000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Demdema village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Demdema village was 90.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Demdema Male literacy stands at 92.73 % while female literacy rate was 88.64 %.

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

Demdema Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 20 - -
Population 111 58 53
Child (0-6) 12 3 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 110 58 52
Literacy 90.91 % 92.73 % 88.64 %
Total Workers 28 24 4
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Demdema village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.10 % of total population in Demdema village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Demdema village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Demdema village out of total population, 28 were engaged in work activities. 85.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 28 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.