Iangkar Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Iangkar is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Iangkar village has population of 201 of which 100 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Iangkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 25.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Iangkar village is 1010 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Iangkar as per census is 1217, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Iangkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Iangkar village was 34.67 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Iangkar Male literacy stands at 29.87 % while female literacy rate was 39.73 %.

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

Iangkar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	201	100	101
Child (0-6)	51	23	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	156	78	78
Literacy	34.67 %	29.87 %	39.73 %
Total Workers	50	39	11
Main Worker	19	-	-
Marginal Worker	31	23	8

Caste Factor

In Iangkar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.61 % of total population in Iangkar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Iangkar village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Iangkar village out of total population, 50 were engaged in work activities. 38.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 50 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.