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Jalithem Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Jalithem is a small village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Jalithem village has population of 195 of which 106 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalithem village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 25.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalithem village is 840 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalithem as per census is 815, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jalithem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalithem village was 93.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jalithem Male literacy stands at 93.67 % while female literacy rate was 92.54 %.

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

Jalithem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 195 106 89
Child (0-6) 49 27 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 191 104 87
Literacy 93.15 % 93.67 % 92.54 %
Total Workers 73 49 24
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 19 3 16

Caste Factor

In Jalithem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.95 % of total population in Jalithem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalithem village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Jalithem village out of total population, 73 were engaged in work activities. 73.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 73 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.