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Amjalong Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Amjalong is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 96 families residing. The Amjalong village has population of 484 of which 243 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amjalong village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 19.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amjalong village is 992 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amjalong as per census is 882, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amjalong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amjalong village was 81.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amjalong Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 80.10 %.

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

Amjalong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 96 - -
Population 484 243 241
Child (0-6) 96 51 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 481 241 240
Literacy 81.70 % 83.33 % 80.10 %
Total Workers 217 109 108
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 150 57 93

Caste Factor

In Amjalong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Amjalong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amjalong village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Amjalong village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 30.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.