Dalia Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dalia is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 202 families residing. The Dalia village has population of 1093 of which 534 are males while 559 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dalia village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 19.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dalia village is 1047 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dalia as per census is 1141, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dalia village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dalia village was 60.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dalia Male literacy stands at 71.95 % while female literacy rate was 49.10 %.

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

Dalia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	202	-	-
Population	1,093	534	559
Child (0-6)	212	99	113
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,086	531	555
Literacy	60.39 %	71.95 %	49.10 %
Total Workers	521	284	237
Main Worker	347	-	-
Marginal Worker	174	26	148

Caste Factor

In Dalia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.36 % of total population in Dalia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dalia village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Dalia village out of total population, 521 were engaged in work activities. 66.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 521 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.