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Wahiajer Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Wahiajer is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Wahiajer village has population of 602 of which 297 are males while 305 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahiajer village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 26.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahiajer village is 1027 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahiajer as per census is 916, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahiajer village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahiajer village was 48.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahiajer Male literacy stands at 45.79 % while female literacy rate was 50.66 %.

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

Wahiajer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 602 297 305
Child (0-6) 159 83 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 600 297 303
Literacy 48.31 % 45.79 % 50.66 %
Total Workers 247 134 113
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 100 10 90

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Wahiajer village out of total population, 247 were engaged in work activities. 59.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 247 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.