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Mooshroot Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Mooshroot is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 291 families residing. The Mooshroot village has population of 1923 of which 1020 are males while 903 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mooshroot village population of children with age 0-6 is 526 which makes up 27.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mooshroot village is 885 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mooshroot as per census is 814, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mooshroot village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mooshroot village was 62.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mooshroot Male literacy stands at 54.38 % while female literacy rate was 70.91 %.

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

Mooshroot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,923 1,020 903
Child (0-6) 526 290 236
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,762 928 834
Literacy 62.28 % 54.38 % 70.91 %
Total Workers 595 419 176
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 254 166 88

Caste Factor

In Mooshroot village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.63 % of total population in Mooshroot village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mooshroot village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Mooshroot village out of total population, 595 were engaged in work activities. 57.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 595 workers engaged in Main Work, 193 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.