Sakwa Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Sakwa is a small village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Sakwa village has population of 172 of which 91 are males while 81 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 21.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakwa village is 890 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakwa as per census is 542, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sakwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakwa village was 27.41 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sakwa Male literacy stands at 25.37 % while female literacy rate was 29.41 %.

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

Sakwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	40	-	-
Population	172	91	81
Child (0-6)	37	24	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	168	89	79
Literacy	27.41 %	25.37 %	29.41 %
Total Workers	91	52	39
Main Worker	55	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	4	32

Caste Factor

In Sakwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.67 % of total population in Sakwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sakwa village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Sakwa village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 60.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.