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Jalkim Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jalkim is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 57 families residing. The Jalkim village has population of 355 of which 185 are males while 170 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalkim village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 17.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalkim village is 919 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalkim as per census is 1423, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jalkim village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalkim village was 63.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jalkim Male literacy stands at 67.30 % while female literacy rate was 59.40 %.

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

Jalkim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 355 185 170
Child (0-6) 63 26 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 354 184 170
Literacy 63.70 % 67.30 % 59.40 %
Total Workers 144 74 70
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 12 7 5

Caste Factor

In Jalkim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Jalkim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalkim village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jalkim village out of total population, 144 were engaged in work activities. 91.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 144 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.