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Jiranggittim Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jiranggittim is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Jiranggittim village has population of 158 of which 73 are males while 85 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jiranggittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 19.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jiranggittim village is 1164 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jiranggittim as per census is 824, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jiranggittim village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jiranggittim village was 76.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jiranggittim Male literacy stands at 80.36 % while female literacy rate was 73.24 %.

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

Jiranggittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 158 73 85
Child (0-6) 31 17 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 158 73 85
Literacy 76.38 % 80.36 % 73.24 %
Total Workers 31 24 7
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Jiranggittim village out of total population, 31 were engaged in work activities. 90.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 31 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.