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Niangju Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Niangju is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Niangju village has population of 276 of which 147 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Niangju village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 17.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Niangju village is 878 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Niangju as per census is 600, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Niangju village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Niangju village was 62.72 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Niangju Male literacy stands at 65.81 % while female literacy rate was 59.46 %.

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

Niangju Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 276 147 129
Child (0-6) 48 30 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 270 143 127
Literacy 62.72 % 65.81 % 59.46 %
Total Workers 128 68 60
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Niangju village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.83 % of total population in Niangju village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Niangju village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Niangju village out of total population, 128 were engaged in work activities. 99.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 128 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.