Lower Damachiga Population, Caste, Working Data West Garo Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011

Lower Damachiga is a village situated in Tikrikilla block of West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 107 families residing in the village Lower Damachiga. The total population of Lower Damachiga is 671 out of which 355 are males and 316 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Lower Damachiga is 890.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Lower Damachiga village is 111 which is 17% of the total population. There are 60 male children and 51 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Lower Damachiga is 850 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (890) of Lower Damachiga village.

Population
671
Families
107
Literacy
81.07%
Sex Ratio
890

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Lower Damachiga is 81.1%. Thus Lower Damachiga village has higher literacy rate compared to 55.8% of West Garo Hills district. The male literacy rate is 83.73% and the female literacy rate is 78.11% in Lower Damachiga village.

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

Lower Damachiga Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 111 60 51
Literacy 81.07% 83.73% 78.11%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 657 345 312
Illiterate 217 108 109

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 97.9% of total population in Lower Damachiga village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Lower Damachiga village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 80.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 205 133 72
Cultivators 102 44 58
Agriculture Labourer 6 2 4
Household Industries 5 4 1
Other Workers 92 83 9
Marginal Workers 50 11 39
Non Working 416 211 205

Nearby Villages to Lower Damachiga,

Below are the list of villages near Lower Damachiga village in Tikrikilla.

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