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Upper Rangsa Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Rangsa is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Upper Rangsa village has population of 235 of which 122 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Rangsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 18.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Rangsa village is 926 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Rangsa as per census is 1095, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Rangsa village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Rangsa village was 96.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Rangsa Male literacy stands at 98.02 % while female literacy rate was 95.56 %.

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

Upper Rangsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 235 122 113
Child (0-6) 44 21 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 227 116 111
Literacy 96.86 % 98.02 % 95.56 %
Total Workers 61 53 8
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Upper Rangsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.60 % of total population in Upper Rangsa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Rangsa village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Rangsa village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 96.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.