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Joyfar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Joyfar is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 197 families residing. The Joyfar village has population of 800 of which 429 are males while 371 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joyfar village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 11.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joyfar village is 865 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Joyfar as per census is 696, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Joyfar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Joyfar village was 66.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Joyfar Male literacy stands at 73.73 % while female literacy rate was 58.13 %.

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

Joyfar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 197 - -
Population 800 429 371
Child (0-6) 95 56 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 800 429 371
Literacy 66.38 % 73.73 % 58.13 %
Total Workers 394 233 161
Main Worker 344 - -
Marginal Worker 50 32 18

Caste Factor

In Joyfar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Joyfar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Joyfar village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Joyfar village out of total population, 394 were engaged in work activities. 87.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 394 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.