Bhain Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Bhain is a small village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 19 families residing. The Bhain village has population of 136 of which 74 are males while 62 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhain village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 32.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhain village is 838 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhain as per census is 760, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bhain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhain village was 23.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bhain Male literacy stands at 16.33 % while female literacy rate was 32.56 %.

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

Bhain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	19	-	-
Population	136	74	62
Child (0-6)	44	25	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	136	74	62
Literacy	23.91 %	16.33 %	32.56 %
Total Workers	61	33	28
Main Worker	29	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	7	25

Caste Factor

In Bhain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Bhain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhain village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Bhain village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 47.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.