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Sarikushi Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Sarikushi is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 102 families residing. The Sarikushi village has population of 639 of which 330 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarikushi village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarikushi village is 936 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarikushi as per census is 870, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sarikushi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarikushi village was 78.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sarikushi Male literacy stands at 85.21 % while female literacy rate was 71.75 %.

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

Sarikushi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 639 330 309
Child (0-6) 86 46 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 637 328 309
Literacy 78.66 % 85.21 % 71.75 %
Total Workers 313 158 155
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 4 0 4

Caste Factor

In Sarikushi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.69 % of total population in Sarikushi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sarikushi village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Sarikushi village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 98.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 247 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.