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Moorapushai Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Moorapushai is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Moorapushai village has population of 424 of which 219 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Moorapushai village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 26.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Moorapushai village is 936 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Moorapushai as per census is 982, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Moorapushai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Moorapushai village was 44.09 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Moorapushai Male literacy stands at 36.81 % while female literacy rate was 52.00 %.

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

Moorapushai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 424 219 205
Child (0-6) 111 56 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 424 219 205
Literacy 44.09 % 36.81 % 52.00 %
Total Workers 191 101 90
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 20 13 7

Caste Factor

In Moorapushai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Moorapushai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Moorapushai village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Moorapushai village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 89.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.