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Jenepih Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Jenepih is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 117 families residing. The Jenepih village has population of 724 of which 362 are males while 362 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jenepih village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 22.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jenepih village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jenepih as per census is 919, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jenepih village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jenepih village was 86.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jenepih Male literacy stands at 90.22 % while female literacy rate was 83.39 %.

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

Jenepih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 724 362 362
Child (0-6) 165 86 79
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 713 355 358
Literacy 86.76 % 90.22 % 83.39 %
Total Workers 172 141 31
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 146 122 24

Caste Factor

In Jenepih village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.48 % of total population in Jenepih village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jenepih village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Jenepih village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 15.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.