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Dkhiah West Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Dkhiah West is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 99 families residing. The Dkhiah West village has population of 649 of which 305 are males while 344 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dkhiah West village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dkhiah West village is 1128 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dkhiah West as per census is 1279, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dkhiah West village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dkhiah West village was 77.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dkhiah West Male literacy stands at 74.05 % while female literacy rate was 81.31 %.

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

Dkhiah West Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 649 305 344
Child (0-6) 98 43 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 621 289 332
Literacy 77.86 % 74.05 % 81.31 %
Total Workers 253 140 113
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 64 28 36

Caste Factor

In Dkhiah West village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.69 % of total population in Dkhiah West village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dkhiah West village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Dkhiah West village out of total population, 253 were engaged in work activities. 74.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 253 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.