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Belahari Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Belahari is a medium size village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 79 families residing. The Belahari village has population of 351 of which 189 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Belahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 22.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belahari village is 857 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Belahari as per census is 739, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Belahari village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Belahari village was 69.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Belahari Male literacy stands at 69.93 % while female literacy rate was 69.53 %.

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

Belahari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 351 189 162
Child (0-6) 80 46 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 346 188 158
Literacy 69.74 % 69.93 % 69.53 %
Total Workers 176 93 83
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 6 6 0

Caste Factor

In Belahari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.58 % of total population in Belahari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Belahari village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Belahari village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 96.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.