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Bamkhosngi Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Bamkhosngi is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Bamkhosngi village has population of 236 of which 125 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bamkhosngi village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 29.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bamkhosngi village is 888 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bamkhosngi as per census is 769, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bamkhosngi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bamkhosngi village was 51.50 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bamkhosngi Male literacy stands at 43.02 % while female literacy rate was 60.49 %.

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

Bamkhosngi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 236 125 111
Child (0-6) 69 39 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 234 123 111
Literacy 51.50 % 43.02 % 60.49 %
Total Workers 107 55 52
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 24 15 9

Caste Factor

In Bamkhosngi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.15 % of total population in Bamkhosngi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bamkhosngi village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Bamkhosngi village out of total population, 107 were engaged in work activities. 77.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.