Jair Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Jair is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Jair village has population of 525 of which 270 are males while 255 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jair village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 29.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jair village is 944 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jair as per census is 878, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jair village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jair village was 75.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jair Male literacy stands at 81.38 % while female literacy rate was 69.95 %.

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

Jair Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	78	-	-
Population	525	270	255
Child (0-6)	154	82	72
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	523	268	255
Literacy	75.74 %	81.38 %	69.95 %
Total Workers	185	128	57
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	175	122	53

Caste Factor

In Jair village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.62 % of total population in Jair village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jair village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Jair village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 5.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.