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Jowai (M) wards

Meghalaya · Jaintia Hills · Jowai (M)

Jowai (M) WARD NO.-0001

5,312
people at the 2011 Census · 2,578 male, 2,734 female

Population

Population
5,312India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
90.50%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
90.84%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
90.18%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
0.66 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1061 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
938 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
15.21%India 13.59%
SC %
0.64%India 16.63%
ST %
90.91%India 8.63%
Household
5.41India 4.85

Work

Workers
36.22%India 39.80%
Female Work
31.46%India 25.52%
Main Workers
90.59%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
63.78%India 60.20%

Figures cover this ward as a subdivision of its census town and share the town’s urban classification. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Jowai (M) WARD NO.-0001 in context

With 5,312 people at the 2011 Census, Jowai (M) WARD NO.-0001 was the 1st most populous of Jowai (M)'s 13 wards. That is 18.7% of Jowai (M)'s population.

Literacy stood at 90.50%, 6.4 points above the urban national average of 84.11% — 0.6 points below Jowai (M)'s 91.10%. The gap between male and female literacy was 0.7 points, 9.0 points below the urban national gap of 9.7.

The sex ratio was 1061 women per 1,000 men (18 below Jowai (M)'s 1079) — one of the minority of wards where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 938, 33 above the urban national 905.