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Muriap Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Muriap is a small village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Muriap village has population of 157 of which 82 are males while 75 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Muriap village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 26.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Muriap village is 915 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Muriap as per census is 952, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Muriap village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Muriap village was 31.03 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Muriap Male literacy stands at 32.79 % while female literacy rate was 29.09 %.

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

Muriap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 157 82 75
Child (0-6) 41 21 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 157 82 75
Literacy 31.03 % 32.79 % 29.09 %
Total Workers 74 40 34
Main Worker 73 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Muriap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Muriap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Muriap village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Muriap village out of total population, 74 were engaged in work activities. 98.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 74 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.