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Dawki Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Dawki is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 79 families residing. The Dawki village has population of 483 of which 255 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dawki village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 12.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dawki village is 894 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dawki as per census is 1034, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dawki village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dawki village was 83.25 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dawki Male literacy stands at 89.38 % while female literacy rate was 76.26 %.

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

Dawki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 483 255 228
Child (0-6) 59 29 30
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 404 198 206
Literacy 83.25 % 89.38 % 76.26 %
Total Workers 214 139 75
Main Worker 104 - -
Marginal Worker 110 62 48

Caste Factor

In Dawki village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.64 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.04 % of total population in Dawki village.

Work Profile

In Dawki village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 48.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.