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Raitong Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Raitong is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 185 families residing. The Raitong village has population of 1095 of which 545 are males while 550 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raitong village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 22.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raitong village is 1009 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Raitong as per census is 928, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Raitong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Raitong village was 64.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Raitong Male literacy stands at 60.95 % while female literacy rate was 68.66 %.

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

Raitong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 1,095 545 550
Child (0-6) 241 125 116
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,078 534 544
Literacy 64.87 % 60.95 % 68.66 %
Total Workers 491 270 221
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 8 2 6

Caste Factor

In Raitong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.45 % of total population in Raitong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Raitong village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Raitong village out of total population, 491 were engaged in work activities. 98.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 491 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 218 were Agricultural labourer.