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Pyrtakuna Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Pyrtakuna is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 93 families residing. The Pyrtakuna village has population of 516 of which 267 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyrtakuna village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 27.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyrtakuna village is 933 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyrtakuna as per census is 918, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyrtakuna village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyrtakuna village was 64.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyrtakuna Male literacy stands at 64.43 % while female literacy rate was 65.38 %.

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

Pyrtakuna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 516 267 249
Child (0-6) 140 73 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 514 266 248
Literacy 64.89 % 64.43 % 65.38 %
Total Workers 140 119 21
Main Worker 138 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Pyrtakuna village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Pyrtakuna village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pyrtakuna village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Pyrtakuna village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.