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Dakop Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dakop is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 144 families residing. The Dakop village has population of 731 of which 377 are males while 354 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakop village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 15.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakop village is 939 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakop as per census is 758, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dakop village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakop village was 66.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dakop Male literacy stands at 69.13 % while female literacy rate was 63.16 %.

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

Dakop Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 731 377 354
Child (0-6) 116 66 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 729 377 352
Literacy 66.18 % 69.13 % 63.16 %
Total Workers 249 198 51
Main Worker 240 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

In Dakop village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.73 % of total population in Dakop village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dakop village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dakop village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 96.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.