Thangrain Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Thangrain is a large village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 329 families residing. The Thangrain village has population of 2042 of which 1007 are males while 1035 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thangrain village population of children with age 0-6 is 489 which makes up 23.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thangrain village is 1028 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Thangrain as per census is 874, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Thangrain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Thangrain village was 25.43 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Thangrain Male literacy stands at 22.52 % while female literacy rate was 28.13 %.

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

Thangrain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	329	-	-
Population	2,042	1,007	1,035
Child (0-6)	489	261	228
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	2,031	1,000	1,031
Literacy	25.43 %	22.52 %	28.13 %
Total Workers	973	467	506
Main Worker	970	-	-
Marginal Worker	3	1	2

Caste Factor

In Thangrain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.46 % of total population in Thangrain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Thangrain village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Thangrain village out of total population, 973 were engaged in work activities. 99.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 973 workers engaged in Main Work, 923 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.