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Tihwieh Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Tihwieh is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 91 families residing. The Tihwieh village has population of 500 of which 263 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tihwieh village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 27.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tihwieh village is 901 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tihwieh as per census is 805, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tihwieh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tihwieh village was 52.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tihwieh Male literacy stands at 47.31 % while female literacy rate was 57.71 %.

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

Tihwieh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 91 - -
Population 500 263 237
Child (0-6) 139 77 62
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 495 261 234
Literacy 52.35 % 47.31 % 57.71 %
Total Workers 240 125 115
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 16 6 10

Caste Factor

In Tihwieh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.00 % of total population in Tihwieh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tihwieh village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Tihwieh village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 93.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 217 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.