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Bakur Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Bakur is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 349 families residing. The Bakur village has population of 1911 of which 976 are males while 935 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakur village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 15.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakur village is 958 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakur as per census is 929, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bakur village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakur village was 84.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bakur Male literacy stands at 87.70 % while female literacy rate was 80.40 %.

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

Bakur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 1,911 976 935
Child (0-6) 299 155 144
Schedule Caste 210 110 100
Schedule Tribe 1,527 762 765
Literacy 84.12 % 87.70 % 80.40 %
Total Workers 903 569 334
Main Worker 673 - -
Marginal Worker 230 91 139

Caste Factor

In Bakur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.99 % of total population in Bakur village.

Work Profile

In Bakur village out of total population, 903 were engaged in work activities. 74.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 903 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.