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Dawa Nengjata Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dawa Nengjata is a small village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 28 families residing. The Dawa Nengjata village has population of 133 of which 75 are males while 58 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dawa Nengjata village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 27.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dawa Nengjata village is 773 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dawa Nengjata as per census is 682, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dawa Nengjata village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dawa Nengjata village was 63.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dawa Nengjata Male literacy stands at 66.04 % while female literacy rate was 60.47 %.

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

Dawa Nengjata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 133 75 58
Child (0-6) 37 22 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 133 75 58
Literacy 63.54 % 66.04 % 60.47 %
Total Workers 62 33 29
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 28 4 24

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dawa Nengjata village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 54.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.