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Jongkynshur Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Jongkynshur is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 119 families residing. The Jongkynshur village has population of 722 of which 398 are males while 324 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongkynshur village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 24.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongkynshur village is 814 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongkynshur as per census is 743, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongkynshur village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongkynshur village was 39.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongkynshur Male literacy stands at 14.81 % while female literacy rate was 68.27 %.

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

Jongkynshur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 119 - -
Population 722 398 324
Child (0-6) 176 101 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 716 393 323
Literacy 39.19 % 14.81 % 68.27 %
Total Workers 422 231 191
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 77 21 56

Caste Factor

In Jongkynshur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Jongkynshur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongkynshur village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongkynshur village out of total population, 422 were engaged in work activities. 81.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 422 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.