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Jugirjhar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jugirjhar is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 168 families residing. The Jugirjhar village has population of 816 of which 410 are males while 406 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jugirjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 16.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jugirjhar village is 990 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jugirjhar as per census is 957, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jugirjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jugirjhar village was 53.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jugirjhar Male literacy stands at 59.41 % while female literacy rate was 46.90 %.

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

Jugirjhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 816 410 406
Child (0-6) 137 70 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 398 197 201
Literacy 53.17 % 59.41 % 46.90 %
Total Workers 290 209 81
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 107 41 66

Caste Factor

In Jugirjhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.77 % of total population in Jugirjhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jugirjhar village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jugirjhar village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 63.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.