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Rakabah Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Rakabah is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 83 families residing. The Rakabah village has population of 474 of which 234 are males while 240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakabah village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 28.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakabah village is 1026 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakabah as per census is 822, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rakabah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakabah village was 75.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rakabah Male literacy stands at 69.57 % while female literacy rate was 80.00 %.

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

Rakabah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 474 234 240
Child (0-6) 133 73 60
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 465 229 236
Literacy 75.07 % 69.57 % 80.00 %
Total Workers 206 101 105
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Rakabah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.10 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.21 % of total population in Rakabah village.

Work Profile

In Rakabah village out of total population, 206 were engaged in work activities. 99.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 206 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.