Niawkmai Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Niawkmai is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 67 families residing. The Niawkmai village has population of 420 of which 218 are males while 202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Niawkmai village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 25.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Niawkmai village is 927 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Niawkmai as per census is 944, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Niawkmai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Niawkmai village was 61.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Niawkmai Male literacy stands at 48.17 % while female literacy rate was 76.16 %.

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

Niawkmai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	67	-	-
Population	420	218	202
Child (0-6)	105	54	51
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	417	216	201
Literacy	61.59 %	48.17 %	76.16 %
Total Workers	196	110	86
Main Worker	82	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	29	85

Caste Factor

In Niawkmai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.29 % of total population in Niawkmai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Niawkmai village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Niawkmai village out of total population, 196 were engaged in work activities. 41.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 196 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.