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Iongkasaro Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Iongkasaro is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 63 families residing. The Iongkasaro village has population of 371 of which 192 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Iongkasaro village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 24.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Iongkasaro village is 932 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Iongkasaro as per census is 784, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Iongkasaro village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Iongkasaro village was 75.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Iongkasaro Male literacy stands at 67.38 % while female literacy rate was 84.17 %.

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

Iongkasaro Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 371 192 179
Child (0-6) 91 51 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 370 191 179
Literacy 75.71 % 67.38 % 84.17 %
Total Workers 127 80 47
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 12 6 6

Caste Factor

In Iongkasaro village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.73 % of total population in Iongkasaro village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Iongkasaro village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Iongkasaro village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 90.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.