Riwai Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Riwai is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Riwai village has population of 438 of which 224 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Riwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 18.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Riwai village is 955 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Riwai as per census is 1075, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Riwai village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Riwai village was 81.69 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Riwai Male literacy stands at 80.98 % while female literacy rate was 82.46 %.

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

Riwai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	78	-	-
Population	438	224	214
Child (0-6)	83	40	43
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	437	223	214
Literacy	81.69 %	80.98 %	82.46 %
Total Workers	140	103	37
Main Worker	134	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	2	4

Caste Factor

In Riwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.77 % of total population in Riwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Riwai village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Riwai village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 95.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 119 were Agricultural labourer.