Dalu Block Population, Caste, Religion Data - West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya

Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district has total population of 54,095 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 27,351 are males while 26,744 are females. In 2011 there were total 10,169 families residing in Dalu Block. The Average Sex Ratio of Dalu Block is 978.

As per Census 2011, all of the population of Dalu Block lives in urban areas. The average literacy rate in urban area is 70.6% and the sex ratio of Dalu Block is 978.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dalu Block is 9559 which is 18% of the total population. There are 4883 male children and 4676 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dalu Block is 958 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 978 ) of Dalu Block.

The total literacy rate of Dalu Block is 70.58%. The male literacy rate is 62.43% and the female literacy rate is 53.69% in Dalu Block.

Population
54,095
Families
10,169
Literacy
70.58%
Sex Ratio
978

To facilitate the administration, Dalu Block is further divided into 201 villages.

Dalu Block Data

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dalu Block.

Total Male Female
Children (Age 0-6) 9,559 4,883 4,676
Literacy 70.58% 62.43% 53.69%
Scheduled Caste 464 247 217
Scheduled Tribe 47,108 23,568 23,540
Illiterate 22,660 10,276 12,384

Caste-wise Population - Dalu Block

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 87.1% of total population in Dalu Block of .

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 464 247 217
Schedule Tribe 47,108 23,568 23,540

Religion-wise Population - Dalu Block

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 11,486 (21.23%) 5,935 5,551
Muslim 264 (0.49%) 161 103
Christian 41,464 (76.65%) 20,810 20,654
Sikh 16 (0.03%) 13 3
Buddhist 386 (0.71%) 190 196
Jain 5 (0.01%) 3 2
Other Religion 357 (0.66%) 186 171
No Religion Specified 117 (0.22%) 53 64

Literacy Rate - Dalu Block

Average literacy rate of Dalu Block in 2011 were 70.58% in which, male and female literacy were 76% and 65.07% respectively. Total literate in Dalu Block were 31,435 of which male and female were 17,075 and 14,360 respectively.

Sex Ratio - Dalu Block

The Sex Ratio of Dalu Block is 978 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 978 females in Dalu Block. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 958 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 978 ) of Dalu Block.

Child Population - Dalu Block

According to Census 2011, there were 9,559 children between age 0 to 6 years in Dalu Block. Out of which 9,559 were male while 9,559 were female.

Urban/Rural Population - Dalu Block

As per Census 2011, there are total 0 families under Dalu Block living in urban areas while 0 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 0% of total population of Dalu Block lives in Urban areas while 100% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 0 while that in rural region is 9,559.

Total Urban Rural
Population 54,095 0 54,095
Children (0 - 6 years) 9,559 0 9,559
Schedule Caste 464 0 464
Schedule Tribe 47,108 0 47,108
Literacy 70.58% - 70.58%
Sex Ratio 978 - 978

Working Population - Dalu Block

In Dalu Block out of total population, 22,178 were engaged in work activities. 68.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 22,178 workers engaged in Main Work, 7,431 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2,046 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 15,280 10,016 5,264
Cultivators 7,431 4,526 2,905
Agriculture Labourer 2,046 1,245 801
Household Industries 423 226 197
Other Workers 5,380 4,019 1,361
Marginal Workers 6,898 2,790 4,108
Non Working 31,917 14,545 17,372

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