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Thangthring Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Thangthring is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 95 families residing. The Thangthring village has population of 572 of which 302 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thangthring village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 29.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thangthring village is 894 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Thangthring as per census is 676, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Thangthring village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Thangthring village was 45.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Thangthring Male literacy stands at 31.00 % while female literacy rate was 60.70 %.

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

Thangthring Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 572 302 270
Child (0-6) 171 102 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 570 301 269
Literacy 45.89 % 31.00 % 60.70 %
Total Workers 199 122 77
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 141 81 60

Caste Factor

In Thangthring village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.65 % of total population in Thangthring village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Thangthring village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Thangthring village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 29.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.