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Iongkwang Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Iongkwang is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 60 families residing. The Iongkwang village has population of 310 of which 163 are males while 147 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Iongkwang village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 22.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Iongkwang village is 902 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Iongkwang as per census is 944, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Iongkwang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Iongkwang village was 20.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Iongkwang Male literacy stands at 14.96 % while female literacy rate was 27.43 %.

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

Iongkwang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 310 163 147
Child (0-6) 70 36 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 310 163 147
Literacy 20.83 % 14.96 % 27.43 %
Total Workers 145 89 56
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 142 87 55

Caste Factor

In Iongkwang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Iongkwang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Iongkwang village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Iongkwang village out of total population, 145 were engaged in work activities. 2.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 145 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.