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Jalyiah Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Jalyiah is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 236 families residing. The Jalyiah village has population of 1359 of which 631 are males while 728 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalyiah village population of children with age 0-6 is 391 which makes up 28.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalyiah village is 1154 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalyiah as per census is 1102, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jalyiah village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalyiah village was 26.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jalyiah Male literacy stands at 25.62 % while female literacy rate was 26.77 %.

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

Jalyiah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,359 631 728
Child (0-6) 391 186 205
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 217 109 108
Literacy 26.24 % 25.62 % 26.77 %
Total Workers 513 233 280
Main Worker 493 - -
Marginal Worker 20 7 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.97 % of total population in Jalyiah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalyiah village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Jalyiah village out of total population, 513 were engaged in work activities. 96.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 513 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 244 were Agricultural labourer.