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Bataw Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Bataw is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 230 families residing. The Bataw village has population of 1509 of which 739 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bataw village population of children with age 0-6 is 385 which makes up 25.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bataw village is 1042 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bataw as per census is 995, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bataw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bataw village was 80.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bataw Male literacy stands at 76.37 % while female literacy rate was 84.43 %.

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

Bataw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,509 739 770
Child (0-6) 385 193 192
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,504 737 767
Literacy 80.52 % 76.37 % 84.43 %
Total Workers 565 333 232
Main Worker 564 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Bataw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.67 % of total population in Bataw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bataw village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Bataw village out of total population, 565 were engaged in work activities. 99.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 565 workers engaged in Main Work, 378 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.