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Larket Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Larket is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Larket village has population of 335 of which 182 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Larket village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 31.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Larket village is 841 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Larket as per census is 1019, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Larket village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Larket village was 46.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Larket Male literacy stands at 40.31 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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

Larket Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 335 182 153
Child (0-6) 107 53 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 329 179 150
Literacy 46.49 % 40.31 % 54.55 %
Total Workers 144 80 64
Main Worker 144 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Larket village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.21 % of total population in Larket village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Larket village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Larket village out of total population, 144 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 144 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.