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Jarain Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Jarain is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 231 families residing. The Jarain village has population of 1603 of which 806 are males while 797 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarain village population of children with age 0-6 is 369 which makes up 23.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarain village is 989 which is equal than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarain as per census is 902, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jarain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarain village was 42.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jarain Male literacy stands at 35.29 % while female literacy rate was 49.52 %.

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 231 - -
Population 1,603 806 797
Child (0-6) 369 194 175
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,580 792 788
Literacy 42.46 % 35.29 % 49.52 %
Total Workers 520 345 175
Main Worker 490 - -
Marginal Worker 30 8 22

Caste Factor

In Jarain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.57 % of total population in Jarain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jarain village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Jarain village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 94.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 366 were Agricultural labourer.