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Dobu Achakpek Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dobu Achakpek is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Dobu Achakpek village has population of 329 of which 170 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dobu Achakpek village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 25.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dobu Achakpek village is 935 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dobu Achakpek as per census is 680, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dobu Achakpek village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dobu Achakpek village was 68.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dobu Achakpek Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 58.40 %.

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

Dobu Achakpek Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 329 170 159
Child (0-6) 84 50 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 318 163 155
Literacy 68.98 % 80.00 % 58.40 %
Total Workers 167 86 81
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 98 30 68

Caste Factor

In Dobu Achakpek village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.66 % of total population in Dobu Achakpek village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dobu Achakpek village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dobu Achakpek village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 41.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.