Ampher Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Ampher is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Ampher village has population of 509 of which 275 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ampher village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ampher village is 851 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ampher as per census is 758, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ampher village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ampher village was 97.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ampher Male literacy stands at 97.52 % while female literacy rate was 98.09 %.

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

Ampher Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	114	-	-
Population	509	275	234
Child (0-6)	58	33	25
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	316	157	159
Literacy	97.78 %	97.52 %	98.09 %
Total Workers	191	149	42
Main Worker	176	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	6	9

Caste Factor

In Ampher village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.08 % of total population in Ampher village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ampher village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Ampher village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 92.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.