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Deokashra Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Deokashra is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Deokashra village has population of 225 of which 108 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Deokashra village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 18.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Deokashra village is 1083 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Deokashra as per census is 708, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Deokashra village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Deokashra village was 69.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Deokashra Male literacy stands at 76.19 % while female literacy rate was 63.00 %.

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

Deokashra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 225 108 117
Child (0-6) 41 24 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 225 108 117
Literacy 69.02 % 76.19 % 63.00 %
Total Workers 69 54 15
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 11 6 5

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Deokashra village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 84.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.