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Upper Damachiga Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Damachiga is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 104 families residing. The Upper Damachiga village has population of 512 of which 258 are males while 254 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Damachiga village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 23.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Damachiga village is 984 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Damachiga as per census is 788, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Damachiga village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Damachiga village was 72.34 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Damachiga Male literacy stands at 78.13 % while female literacy rate was 66.83 %.

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

Upper Damachiga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 512 258 254
Child (0-6) 118 66 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 507 255 252
Literacy 72.34 % 78.13 % 66.83 %
Total Workers 235 111 124
Main Worker 217 - -
Marginal Worker 18 13 5

Caste Factor

In Upper Damachiga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.02 % of total population in Upper Damachiga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Damachiga village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Damachiga village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 92.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.