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Upper Jorbil Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Upper Jorbil is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 88 families residing. The Upper Jorbil village has population of 424 of which 212 are males while 212 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Jorbil village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 18.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Jorbil village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Jorbil as per census is 1026, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Jorbil village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Jorbil village was 69.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Jorbil Male literacy stands at 73.99 % while female literacy rate was 65.70 %.

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

Upper Jorbil Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 424 212 212
Child (0-6) 79 39 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 333 164 169
Literacy 69.86 % 73.99 % 65.70 %
Total Workers 155 103 52
Main Worker 57 - -
Marginal Worker 98 59 39

Caste Factor

In Upper Jorbil village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.54 % of total population in Upper Jorbil village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Jorbil village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Upper Jorbil village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 36.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.