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Depa Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Depa is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Depa village has population of 284 of which 142 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Depa village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 18.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Depa village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Depa as per census is 828, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Depa village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Depa village was 79.65 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Depa Male literacy stands at 81.42 % while female literacy rate was 77.97 %.

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

Depa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 284 142 142
Child (0-6) 53 29 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 278 139 139
Literacy 79.65 % 81.42 % 77.97 %
Total Workers 130 67 63
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Depa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.89 % of total population in Depa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Depa village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Depa village out of total population, 130 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 130 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.