Jowe Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Jowe is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Jowe village has population of 268 of which 134 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jowe village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 20.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jowe village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jowe as per census is 618, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jowe village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jowe village was 87.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jowe Male literacy stands at 89.00 % while female literacy rate was 86.73 %.

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

Jowe Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	45	-	-
Population	268	134	134
Child (0-6)	55	34	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	267	133	134
Literacy	87.79 %	89.00 %	86.73 %
Total Workers	107	52	55
Main Worker	107	-	-
Marginal Worker	0	0	0

Caste Factor

In Jowe village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Jowe village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jowe village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Jowe village out of total population, 107 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.