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Ionglwit Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Ionglwit is a large village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 265 families residing. The Ionglwit village has population of 2039 of which 1015 are males while 1024 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ionglwit village population of children with age 0-6 is 507 which makes up 24.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ionglwit village is 1009 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ionglwit as per census is 1036, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ionglwit village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ionglwit village was 43.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ionglwit Male literacy stands at 38.38 % while female literacy rate was 49.09 %.

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

Ionglwit Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 2,039 1,015 1,024
Child (0-6) 507 249 258
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,589 782 807
Literacy 43.73 % 38.38 % 49.09 %
Total Workers 644 398 246
Main Worker 485 - -
Marginal Worker 159 85 74

Caste Factor

In Ionglwit village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.93 % of total population in Ionglwit village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ionglwit village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Ionglwit village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 75.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.