Dehal Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Dehal is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 101 families residing. The Dehal village has population of 526 of which 279 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dehal village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 18.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dehal village is 885 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dehal as per census is 959, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dehal village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dehal village was 76.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dehal Male literacy stands at 85.65 % while female literacy rate was 66.50 %.

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

Dehal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	101	-	-
Population	526	279	247
Child (0-6)	96	49	47
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	511	271	240
Literacy	76.74 %	85.65 %	66.50 %
Total Workers	206	136	70
Main Worker	138	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	23	45

Caste Factor

In Dehal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.15 % of total population in Dehal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dehal village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Dehal village out of total population, 206 were engaged in work activities. 66.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 206 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.