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Dinganpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dinganpara is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 172 families residing. The Dinganpara village has population of 867 of which 428 are males while 439 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dinganpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 15.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dinganpara village is 1026 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dinganpara as per census is 1213, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dinganpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dinganpara village was 30.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dinganpara Male literacy stands at 35.15 % while female literacy rate was 26.58 %.

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

Dinganpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 867 428 439
Child (0-6) 135 61 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 841 417 424
Literacy 30.87 % 35.15 % 26.58 %
Total Workers 379 190 189
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 186 20 166

Caste Factor

In Dinganpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.00 % of total population in Dinganpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dinganpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dinganpara village out of total population, 379 were engaged in work activities. 50.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 379 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.