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Niur Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Niur is a medium size village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Niur village has population of 255 of which 126 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Niur village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 23.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Niur village is 1024 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Niur as per census is 968, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Niur village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Niur village was 57.22 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Niur Male literacy stands at 51.58 % while female literacy rate was 62.63 %.

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

Niur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 255 126 129
Child (0-6) 61 31 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 252 124 128
Literacy 57.22 % 51.58 % 62.63 %
Total Workers 86 58 28
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Niur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.82 % of total population in Niur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Niur village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Niur village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 98.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.