Psiar Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Psiar is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 134 families residing. The Psiar village has population of 691 of which 334 are males while 357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Psiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 31.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Psiar village is 1069 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Psiar as per census is 888, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Psiar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Psiar village was 40.25 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Psiar Male literacy stands at 23.39 % while female literacy rate was 54.72 %.

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

Psiar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	134	-	-
Population	691	334	357
Child (0-6)	219	116	103
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	679	326	353
Literacy	40.25 %	23.39 %	54.72 %
Total Workers	262	156	106
Main Worker	60	-	-
Marginal Worker	202	116	86

Caste Factor

In Psiar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.26 % of total population in Psiar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Psiar village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Psiar village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 22.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.