Jokiang Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Jokiang is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Jokiang village has population of 230 of which 117 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jokiang village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 31.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jokiang village is 966 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jokiang as per census is 973, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jokiang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jokiang village was 70.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jokiang Male literacy stands at 63.75 % while female literacy rate was 77.92 %.

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

Jokiang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	47	-	-
Population	230	117	113
Child (0-6)	73	37	36
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	228	116	112
Literacy	70.70 %	63.75 %	77.92 %
Total Workers	98	49	49
Main Worker	96	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Jokiang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.13 % of total population in Jokiang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jokiang village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Jokiang village out of total population, 98 were engaged in work activities. 97.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.