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Rajaju Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Rajaju is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Rajaju village has population of 261 of which 140 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rajaju village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 19.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajaju village is 864 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rajaju as per census is 1083, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rajaju village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajaju village was 50.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rajaju Male literacy stands at 55.17 % while female literacy rate was 45.26 %.

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

Rajaju Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 261 140 121
Child (0-6) 50 24 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 144 76 68
Literacy 50.71 % 55.17 % 45.26 %
Total Workers 12 6 6
Main Worker 0 - -
Marginal Worker 12 6 6

Caste Factor

In Rajaju village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.17 % of total population in Rajaju village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rajaju village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Rajaju village out of total population, 12 were engaged in work activities. 0.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 100.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 12 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.