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Myriaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Myriaw is a small village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Myriaw village has population of 183 of which 97 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Myriaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 28.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Myriaw village is 887 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Myriaw as per census is 606, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Myriaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Myriaw village was 65.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Myriaw Male literacy stands at 59.38 % while female literacy rate was 71.21 %.

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

Myriaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 183 97 86
Child (0-6) 53 33 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 80 40 40
Literacy 65.38 % 59.38 % 71.21 %
Total Workers 79 44 35
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

In Myriaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.72 % of total population in Myriaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Myriaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Myriaw village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 91.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.