Mutong Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Mutong is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 126 families residing. The Mutong village has population of 815 of which 375 are males while 440 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mutong village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 26.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mutong village is 1173 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mutong as per census is 1260, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mutong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mutong village was 39.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mutong Male literacy stands at 39.43 % while female literacy rate was 40.44 %.

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

Mutong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	815	375	440
Child (0-6)	217	96	121
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	809	372	437
Literacy	39.97 %	39.43 %	40.44 %
Total Workers	326	156	170
Main Worker	322	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

In Mutong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.26 % of total population in Mutong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mutong village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Mutong village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 98.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 268 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.