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Dawa Nengkatok Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dawa Nengkatok is a medium size village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 63 families residing. The Dawa Nengkatok village has population of 398 of which 212 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dawa Nengkatok village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 14.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dawa Nengkatok village is 877 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dawa Nengkatok as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dawa Nengkatok village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dawa Nengkatok village was 81.23 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dawa Nengkatok Male literacy stands at 89.56 % while female literacy rate was 71.70 %.

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

Dawa Nengkatok Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 398 212 186
Child (0-6) 57 30 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 391 209 182
Literacy 81.23 % 89.56 % 71.70 %
Total Workers 188 100 88
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 76 30 46

Caste Factor

In Dawa Nengkatok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.24 % of total population in Dawa Nengkatok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dawa Nengkatok village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dawa Nengkatok village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 59.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.