Rachai Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Rachai is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Rachai village has population of 205 of which 107 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rachai village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 24.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rachai village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rachai as per census is 962, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rachai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rachai village was 18.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rachai Male literacy stands at 16.05 % while female literacy rate was 21.92 %.

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

Rachai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	205	107	98
Child (0-6)	51	26	25
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	205	107	98
Literacy	18.83 %	16.05 %	21.92 %
Total Workers	77	39	38
Main Worker	68	-	-
Marginal Worker	9	3	6

Caste Factor

In Rachai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Rachai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rachai village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Rachai village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 88.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.