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Narwan Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Narwan is a large village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 520 families residing. The Narwan village has population of 3372 of which 1620 are males while 1752 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Narwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 900 which makes up 26.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Narwan village is 1081 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Narwan as per census is 1074, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Narwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Narwan village was 48.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Narwan Male literacy stands at 48.74 % while female literacy rate was 49.14 %.

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

Narwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 520 - -
Population 3,372 1,620 1,752
Child (0-6) 900 434 466
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 3,359 1,612 1,747
Literacy 48.95 % 48.74 % 49.14 %
Total Workers 1,235 585 650
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 955 433 522

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Narwan village out of total population, 1235 were engaged in work activities. 22.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1235 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.