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Dkhiah East Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Dkhiah East is a large village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 342 families residing. The Dkhiah East village has population of 2019 of which 981 are males while 1038 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dkhiah East village population of children with age 0-6 is 418 which makes up 20.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dkhiah East village is 1058 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dkhiah East as per census is 1059, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dkhiah East village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dkhiah East village was 77.64 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dkhiah East Male literacy stands at 77.89 % while female literacy rate was 77.40 %.

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

Dkhiah East Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 2,019 981 1,038
Child (0-6) 418 203 215
Schedule Caste 4 4 0
Schedule Tribe 1,934 936 998
Literacy 77.64 % 77.89 % 77.40 %
Total Workers 699 371 328
Main Worker 498 - -
Marginal Worker 201 83 118

Caste Factor

In Dkhiah East village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.79 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.20 % of total population in Dkhiah East village.

Work Profile

In Dkhiah East village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 71.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.