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Tyrshang Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Tyrshang is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 179 families residing. The Tyrshang village has population of 1214 of which 585 are males while 629 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tyrshang village population of children with age 0-6 is 274 which makes up 22.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tyrshang village is 1075 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tyrshang as per census is 1076, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tyrshang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tyrshang village was 49.47 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tyrshang Male literacy stands at 43.93 % while female literacy rate was 54.62 %.

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

Tyrshang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 179 - -
Population 1,214 585 629
Child (0-6) 274 132 142
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,206 578 628
Literacy 49.47 % 43.93 % 54.62 %
Total Workers 552 302 250
Main Worker 104 - -
Marginal Worker 448 216 232

Caste Factor

In Tyrshang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.34 % of total population in Tyrshang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tyrshang village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Tyrshang village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 18.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.