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Ratacherra Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Ratacherra is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 310 families residing. The Ratacherra village has population of 1841 of which 967 are males while 874 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ratacherra village population of children with age 0-6 is 387 which makes up 21.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ratacherra village is 904 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ratacherra as per census is 879, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ratacherra village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ratacherra village was 68.16 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ratacherra Male literacy stands at 67.94 % while female literacy rate was 68.40 %.

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

Ratacherra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,841 967 874
Child (0-6) 387 206 181
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,788 921 867
Literacy 68.16 % 67.94 % 68.40 %
Total Workers 644 467 177
Main Worker 594 - -
Marginal Worker 50 30 20

Caste Factor

In Ratacherra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.12 % of total population in Ratacherra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ratacherra village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Ratacherra village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 92.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 504 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.