Pyntei Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Pyntei is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Pyntei village has population of 212 of which 113 are males while 99 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyntei village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 25.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyntei village is 876 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyntei as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyntei village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyntei village was 46.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyntei Male literacy stands at 44.19 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Pyntei Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	212	113	99
Child (0-6)	54	27	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	204	109	95
Literacy	46.84 %	44.19 %	50.00 %
Total Workers	76	40	36
Main Worker	35	-	-
Marginal Worker	41	13	28

Caste Factor

In Pyntei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.23 % of total population in Pyntei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pyntei village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Pyntei village out of total population, 76 were engaged in work activities. 46.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 76 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.