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Myriaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Myriaw is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 232 families residing. The Myriaw village has population of 1342 of which 673 are males while 669 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Myriaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 19.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Myriaw village is 994 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Myriaw as per census is 898, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Myriaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Myriaw village was 84.10 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Myriaw Male literacy stands at 82.84 % while female literacy rate was 85.35 %.

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

Myriaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 1,342 673 669
Child (0-6) 260 137 123
Schedule Caste 2 2 0
Schedule Tribe 1,329 666 663
Literacy 84.10 % 82.84 % 85.35 %
Total Workers 505 290 215
Main Worker 501 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Myriaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.03 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.15 % of total population in Myriaw village.

Work Profile

In Myriaw village out of total population, 505 were engaged in work activities. 99.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 505 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 334 were Agricultural labourer.