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Jashiar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Jashiar is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Jashiar village has population of 212 of which 107 are males while 105 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jashiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 22.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jashiar village is 981 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jashiar as per census is 1474, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jashiar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jashiar village was 95.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jashiar Male literacy stands at 96.59 % while female literacy rate was 94.81 %.

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

Jashiar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 212 107 105
Child (0-6) 47 19 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 110 59 51
Literacy 95.76 % 96.59 % 94.81 %
Total Workers 85 47 38
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Jashiar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.89 % of total population in Jashiar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jashiar village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Jashiar village out of total population, 85 were engaged in work activities. 94.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 85 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.