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Jongksha Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Jongksha is a large village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 573 families residing. The Jongksha village has population of 3210 of which 1595 are males while 1615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongksha village population of children with age 0-6 is 736 which makes up 22.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongksha village is 1013 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongksha as per census is 897, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongksha village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongksha village was 82.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongksha Male literacy stands at 81.36 % while female literacy rate was 83.43 %.

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

Jongksha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 573 - -
Population 3,210 1,595 1,615
Child (0-6) 736 388 348
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 3,181 1,584 1,597
Literacy 82.42 % 81.36 % 83.43 %
Total Workers 1,557 801 756
Main Worker 1,211 - -
Marginal Worker 346 149 197

Caste Factor

In Jongksha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.10 % of total population in Jongksha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongksha village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongksha village out of total population, 1557 were engaged in work activities. 77.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1557 workers engaged in Main Work, 310 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 646 were Agricultural labourer.