Jowai City Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Jowai (M) is a City and Municipality located in Thadlaskein Taluk of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya. Jowai city has 4942 housholds and town is divided into 13 wards. Jowai city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Jowai city has population of 28430 of which 13675 are males and 14755 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 3857 which is 13.57% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jowai city is around 1079 compared to 989 which is average of Meghalaya state. The literacy rate of Jowai city is 78.74% out of which 78.68% males are literate and 78.8% females are literate. There are 0.36% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 91.25% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jowai city.

List of Wards in Jowai

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Jowai Population Facts

Number of Households	4942
Population	28430
Male Population	13675 (48.1%)
Female Population	14755 (51.9%)
Children Population	3857
Sex-ratio	1079
Literacy	78.74%
Male Literacy	78.68%
Female Literacy	78.8%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	91.25%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	0.36%