Jarain Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Jarain is a medium size village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Jarain village has population of 324 of which 166 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarain village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 22.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarain village is 952 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarain as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jarain village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarain village was 84.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jarain Male literacy stands at 80.62 % while female literacy rate was 88.43 %.

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

Jarain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	56	-	-
Population	324	166	158
Child (0-6)	74	37	37
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	324	166	158
Literacy	84.40 %	80.62 %	88.43 %
Total Workers	127	83	44
Main Worker	22	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	70	35

Caste Factor

In Jarain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Jarain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jarain village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Jarain village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 17.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.