Maitdieng Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Maitdieng is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 153 families residing. The Maitdieng village has population of 979 of which 489 are males while 490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maitdieng village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 26.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maitdieng village is 1002 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Maitdieng as per census is 985, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Maitdieng village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Maitdieng village was 42.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Maitdieng Male literacy stands at 25.98 % while female literacy rate was 58.45 %.

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

Maitdieng Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	153	-	-
Population	979	489	490
Child (0-6)	260	131	129
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	966	486	480
Literacy	42.28 %	25.98 %	58.45 %
Total Workers	455	256	199
Main Worker	403	-	-
Marginal Worker	52	25	27

Caste Factor

In Maitdieng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.67 % of total population in Maitdieng village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maitdieng village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Maitdieng village out of total population, 455 were engaged in work activities. 88.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 455 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.