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Tiehsaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Tiehsaw is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Tiehsaw village has population of 345 of which 182 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tiehsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 21.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tiehsaw village is 896 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tiehsaw as per census is 829, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tiehsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tiehsaw village was 88.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tiehsaw Male literacy stands at 89.36 % while female literacy rate was 87.60 %.

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

Tiehsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 345 182 163
Child (0-6) 75 41 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 338 177 161
Literacy 88.52 % 89.36 % 87.60 %
Total Workers 111 61 50
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

In Tiehsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.97 % of total population in Tiehsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tiehsaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Tiehsaw village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 94.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.