Purdua Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Purdua is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 74 families residing. The Purdua village has population of 447 of which 197 are males while 250 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purdua village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 16.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purdua village is 1269 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Purdua as per census is 1242, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Purdua village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Purdua village was 72.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Purdua Male literacy stands at 79.27 % while female literacy rate was 67.94 %.

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

Purdua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	74	-	-
Population	447	197	250
Child (0-6)	74	33	41
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	443	196	247
Literacy	72.92 %	79.27 %	67.94 %
Total Workers	323	140	183
Main Worker	178	-	-
Marginal Worker	145	58	87

Caste Factor

In Purdua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.11 % of total population in Purdua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purdua village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Purdua village out of total population, 323 were engaged in work activities. 55.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 323 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.