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Bir Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Bir is a small village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Bir village has population of 176 of which 104 are males while 72 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bir village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 30.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bir village is 692 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bir as per census is 688, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bir village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bir village was 54.10 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bir Male literacy stands at 51.39 % while female literacy rate was 58.00 %.

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

Bir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 176 104 72
Child (0-6) 54 32 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 174 102 72
Literacy 54.10 % 51.39 % 58.00 %
Total Workers 71 48 23
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Bir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Bir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bir village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Bir village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 97.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.