Jongnagiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongnagiri is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Jongnagiri village has population of 173 of which 96 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongnagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 27.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongnagiri village is 802 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongnagiri as per census is 621, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongnagiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongnagiri village was 26.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongnagiri Male literacy stands at 31.34 % while female literacy rate was 20.34 %.

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

Jongnagiri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	35	-	-
Population	173	96	77
Child (0-6)	47	29	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	171	95	76
Literacy	26.19 %	31.34 %	20.34 %
Total Workers	78	44	34
Main Worker	76	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Jongnagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.84 % of total population in Jongnagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongnagiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongnagiri village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 97.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.