Artan Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Artan is a small village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Artan village has population of 106 of which 55 are males while 51 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Artan village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 25.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Artan village is 927 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Artan as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Artan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Artan village was 34.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Artan Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 17.95 %.

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

Artan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	22	-	-
Population	106	55	51
Child (0-6)	27	15	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	106	55	51
Literacy	34.18 %	50.00 %	17.95 %
Total Workers	49	24	25
Main Worker	40	-	-
Marginal Worker	9	5	4

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Artan village out of total population, 49 were engaged in work activities. 81.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 49 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.