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Upper Amjok Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Upper Amjok is a small village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Upper Amjok village has population of 169 of which 95 are males while 74 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Amjok village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 26.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Amjok village is 779 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Amjok as per census is 760, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Amjok village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Amjok village was 83.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Amjok Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 74.55 %.

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

Upper Amjok Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 169 95 74
Child (0-6) 44 25 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 149 83 66
Literacy 83.20 % 90.00 % 74.55 %
Total Workers 50 41 9
Main Worker 48 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Upper Amjok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.17 % of total population in Upper Amjok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Amjok village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Upper Amjok village out of total population, 50 were engaged in work activities. 96.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 50 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.