Dakupara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dakupara is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Dakupara village has population of 258 of which 116 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakupara village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 12.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakupara village is 1224 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakupara as per census is 1462, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dakupara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakupara village was 60.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dakupara Male literacy stands at 62.14 % while female literacy rate was 58.54 %.

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

Dakupara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	52	-	-
Population	258	116	142
Child (0-6)	32	13	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	258	116	142
Literacy	60.18 %	62.14 %	58.54 %
Total Workers	89	64	25
Main Worker	74	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	13	2

Caste Factor

In Dakupara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dakupara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dakupara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dakupara village out of total population, 89 were engaged in work activities. 83.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 89 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.