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Jurigaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jurigaon is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 66 families residing. The Jurigaon village has population of 284 of which 143 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jurigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 11.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jurigaon village is 986 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jurigaon as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jurigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jurigaon village was 73.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jurigaon Male literacy stands at 80.95 % while female literacy rate was 65.32 %.

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

Jurigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 284 143 141
Child (0-6) 34 17 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 283 143 140
Literacy 73.20 % 80.95 % 65.32 %
Total Workers 202 105 97
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 143 50 93

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Jurigaon village out of total population, 202 were engaged in work activities. 29.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 202 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.