Joypur Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Joypur is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 110 families residing. The Joypur village has population of 666 of which 331 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joypur village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 13.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joypur village is 1012 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Joypur as per census is 1167, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Joypur village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Joypur village was 95.48 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Joypur Male literacy stands at 97.23 % while female literacy rate was 93.71 %.

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

Joypur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	666	331	335
Child (0-6)	91	42	49
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	665	331	334
Literacy	95.48 %	97.23 %	93.71 %
Total Workers	54	42	12
Main Worker	41	-	-
Marginal Worker	13	9	4

Caste Factor

In Joypur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.85 % of total population in Joypur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Joypur village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Joypur village out of total population, 54 were engaged in work activities. 75.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 54 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.