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12th Mer Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

12th Mer is a medium size village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 338 families residing. The 12th Mer village has population of 1915 of which 978 are males while 937 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In 12th Mer village population of children with age 0-6 is 421 which makes up 21.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of 12th Mer village is 958 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the 12th Mer as per census is 949, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

12th Mer village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of 12th Mer village was 67.60 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In 12th Mer Male literacy stands at 65.22 % while female literacy rate was 70.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, 12th Mer 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 12th Mer village.

12th Mer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,915 978 937
Child (0-6) 421 216 205
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,906 975 931
Literacy 67.60 % 65.22 % 70.08 %
Total Workers 691 490 201
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 200 138 62

Caste Factor

In 12th Mer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.53 % of total population in 12th Mer village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in 12th Mer village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In 12th Mer village out of total population, 691 were engaged in work activities. 71.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 691 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.