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Jongbhu Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongbhu is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Jongbhu village has population of 254 of which 128 are males while 126 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongbhu village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 20.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongbhu village is 984 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongbhu as per census is 828, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongbhu village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongbhu village was 60.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongbhu Male literacy stands at 67.68 % while female literacy rate was 52.94 %.

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

Jongbhu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 254 128 126
Child (0-6) 53 29 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 252 126 126
Literacy 60.20 % 67.68 % 52.94 %
Total Workers 95 49 46
Main Worker 73 - -
Marginal Worker 22 8 14

Caste Factor

In Jongbhu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.21 % of total population in Jongbhu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongbhu village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongbhu village out of total population, 95 were engaged in work activities. 76.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 95 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.