Thuruk Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Thuruk is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 115 families residing. The Thuruk village has population of 719 of which 385 are males while 334 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thuruk village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 19.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thuruk village is 868 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Thuruk as per census is 816, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Thuruk village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Thuruk village was 62.65 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Thuruk Male literacy stands at 67.64 % while female literacy rate was 56.99 %.

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

Thuruk Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	115	-	-
Population	719	385	334
Child (0-6)	138	76	62
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	713	383	330
Literacy	62.65 %	67.64 %	56.99 %
Total Workers	211	177	34
Main Worker	205	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	2	4

Caste Factor

In Thuruk village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Thuruk village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Thuruk village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Thuruk village out of total population, 211 were engaged in work activities. 97.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 211 workers engaged in Main Work, 175 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.