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Tura (M) wards

Meghalaya · West Garo Hills · Tura (M)

Tura (M) WARD NO.-0008

16,657
people at the 2011 Census · 8,117 male, 8,540 female

Population

Population
16,657India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
91.25%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
92.43%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
90.15%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
2.28 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1052 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
941 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
12.98%India 13.59%
SC %
0.67%India 16.63%
ST %
89.06%India 8.63%
Household
5.51India 4.85

Work

Workers
29.26%India 39.80%
Female Work
20.83%India 25.52%
Main Workers
80.73%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
70.74%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.

Tura (M) WARD NO.-0008 in context

With 16,657 people at the 2011 Census, Tura (M) WARD NO.-0008 was the 1st most populous of Tura (M)'s 11 wards. That is 22.3% of Tura (M)'s population.

Literacy stood at 91.25%, 7.1 points above the urban national average of 84.11% — level with Tura (M)'s 91.33%. The gap between male and female literacy was 2.3 points, 7.4 points below the urban national gap of 9.7.

The sex ratio was 1052 women per 1,000 men (42 above Tura (M)'s 1010) — one of the minority of wards where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 941, 36 above the urban national 905.