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Kairang Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Kairang is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 67 families residing. The Kairang village has population of 394 of which 208 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kairang village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 20.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kairang village is 894 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kairang as per census is 976, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kairang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kairang village was 55.27 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kairang Male literacy stands at 53.89 % while female literacy rate was 56.85 %.

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

Kairang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 394 208 186
Child (0-6) 81 41 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 386 203 183
Literacy 55.27 % 53.89 % 56.85 %
Total Workers 131 100 31
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Kairang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.97 % of total population in Kairang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kairang village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Kairang village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.