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Sohmarang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohmarang is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Sohmarang village has population of 128 of which 61 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohmarang village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohmarang village is 1098 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohmarang as per census is 600, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohmarang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohmarang village was 97.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohmarang Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 95.08 %.

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

Sohmarang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 128 61 67
Child (0-6) 16 10 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 128 61 67
Literacy 97.32 % 100.00 % 95.08 %
Total Workers 36 23 13
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Sohmarang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Sohmarang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohmarang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohmarang village out of total population, 36 were engaged in work activities. 88.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 36 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.