Ranighat Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Ranighat is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Ranighat village has population of 361 of which 187 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ranighat village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 17.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ranighat village is 930 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ranighat as per census is 824, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ranighat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ranighat village was 99.67 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ranighat Male literacy stands at 99.35 % while female literacy rate was 100.00 %.

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

Ranighat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	361	187	174
Child (0-6)	62	34	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	357	184	173
Literacy	99.67 %	99.35 %	100.00 %
Total Workers	185	91	94
Main Worker	170	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	9	6

Caste Factor

In Ranighat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.89 % of total population in Ranighat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ranighat village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Ranighat village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 91.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.