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Upper Darenchigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Darenchigre is a small village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Upper Darenchigre village has population of 170 of which 82 are males while 88 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Darenchigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 22.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Darenchigre village is 1073 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Darenchigre as per census is 1235, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Darenchigre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Darenchigre village was 85.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Darenchigre Male literacy stands at 90.77 % while female literacy rate was 80.60 %.

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

Upper Darenchigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 170 82 88
Child (0-6) 38 17 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 165 82 83
Literacy 85.61 % 90.77 % 80.60 %
Total Workers 74 38 36
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

In Upper Darenchigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.06 % of total population in Upper Darenchigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Darenchigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Darenchigre village out of total population, 74 were engaged in work activities. 89.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 74 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.