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Dilje Apal Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dilje Apal is a small village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Dilje Apal village has population of 188 of which 91 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dilje Apal village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 20.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dilje Apal village is 1066 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dilje Apal as per census is 1167, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dilje Apal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dilje Apal village was 59.06 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dilje Apal Male literacy stands at 68.49 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Dilje Apal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 188 91 97
Child (0-6) 39 18 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 182 87 95
Literacy 59.06 % 68.49 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 76 39 37
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 32 3 29

Caste Factor

In Dilje Apal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.81 % of total population in Dilje Apal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dilje Apal village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dilje Apal village out of total population, 76 were engaged in work activities. 57.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 76 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.