Iooksi Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Iooksi is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 138 families residing. The Iooksi village has population of 844 of which 427 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Iooksi village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 22.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Iooksi village is 977 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Iooksi as per census is 1032, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Iooksi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Iooksi village was 85.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Iooksi Male literacy stands at 82.34 % while female literacy rate was 88.16 %.

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

Iooksi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	138	-	-
Population	844	427	417
Child (0-6)	189	93	96
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	841	425	416
Literacy	85.19 %	82.34 %	88.16 %
Total Workers	295	180	115
Main Worker	88	-	-
Marginal Worker	207	120	87

Caste Factor

In Iooksi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.64 % of total population in Iooksi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Iooksi village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Iooksi village out of total population, 295 were engaged in work activities. 29.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.