Amsohtai Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Amsohtai is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 90 families residing. The Amsohtai village has population of 424 of which 220 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amsohtai village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 23.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amsohtai village is 927 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amsohtai as per census is 804, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amsohtai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amsohtai village was 56.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amsohtai Male literacy stands at 51.22 % while female literacy rate was 62.26 %.

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

Amsohtai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	424	220	204
Child (0-6)	101	56	45
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	421	219	202
Literacy	56.66 %	51.22 %	62.26 %
Total Workers	192	126	66
Main Worker	49	-	-
Marginal Worker	143	100	43

Caste Factor

In Amsohtai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.29 % of total population in Amsohtai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amsohtai village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Amsohtai village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 25.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.