Dewsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dewsaw is a small village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 28 families residing. The Dewsaw village has population of 168 of which 91 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 15.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewsaw village is 846 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewsaw as per census is 238, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dewsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewsaw village was 100.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dewsaw Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 100.00 %.

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

Dewsaw Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	28	-	-
Population	168	91	77
Child (0-6)	26	21	5
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	168	91	77
Literacy	100.00 %	100.00 %	100.00 %
Total Workers	78	41	37
Main Worker	78	-	-
Marginal Worker	0	0	0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dewsaw village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.