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Japung Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Japung is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 33 families residing. The Japung village has population of 190 of which 95 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Japung village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 28.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Japung village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Japung as per census is 1160, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Japung village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Japung village was 78.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Japung Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 77.27 %.

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

Japung Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 33 - -
Population 190 95 95
Child (0-6) 54 25 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 189 94 95
Literacy 78.68 % 80.00 % 77.27 %
Total Workers 72 41 31
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Japung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.47 % of total population in Japung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Japung village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Japung village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.