Diwon Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Diwon is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 216 families residing. The Diwon village has population of 1305 of which 622 are males while 683 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Diwon village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 17.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Diwon village is 1098 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Diwon as per census is 1168, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Diwon village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Diwon village was 88.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Diwon Male literacy stands at 88.16 % while female literacy rate was 88.71 %.

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

Diwon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	216	-	-
Population	1,305	622	683
Child (0-6)	232	107	125
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,282	608	674
Literacy	88.44 %	88.16 %	88.71 %
Total Workers	477	272	205
Main Worker	429	-	-
Marginal Worker	48	24	24

Caste Factor

In Diwon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.24 % of total population in Diwon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Diwon village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Diwon village out of total population, 477 were engaged in work activities. 89.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 477 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.