Dame Apal Population, Caste, Working Data East Garo Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011

Dame Apal is a village situated in Songsak block of East Garo Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 49 families residing in the village Dame Apal. The total population of Dame Apal is 240 out of which 111 are males and 129 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Dame Apal is 1,162.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dame Apal village is 42 which is 18% of the total population. There are 24 male children and 18 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dame Apal is 750 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,162) of Dame Apal village.

Population
240
Families
49
Literacy
85.35%
Sex Ratio
1,162

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Dame Apal is 85.4%. Thus Dame Apal village has higher literacy rate compared to 60.4% of East Garo Hills district. The male literacy rate is 83.91% and the female literacy rate is 86.49% in Dame Apal village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Dame Apal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Dame Apal Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dame Apal village.

Total Male Female
Children 42 24 18
Literacy 85.35% 83.91% 86.49%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 228 108 120
Illiterate 71 38 33

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 95% of total population in Dame Apal village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Dame Apal village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 97.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 121 52 69
Cultivators 110 43 67
Agriculture Labourer 1 1 0
Household Industries 2 1 1
Other Workers 8 7 1
Marginal Workers 3 1 2
Non Working 116 58 58

Nearby Villages to Dame Apal,

Below are the list of villages near Dame Apal village in Songsak.

Village Population
Sanima 269
Dame Abanda 220
Wakpat Apal 207
Nengsa Apal 314
Bansinggre 75
Bansinggre 199
Dingrepa 343
Skera Apal 367
Akemgre 229
Raja Apal 610

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