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Porkrong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Porkrong is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Porkrong village has population of 148 of which 81 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porkrong village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 18.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porkrong village is 827 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Porkrong as per census is 750, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Porkrong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Porkrong village was 89.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Porkrong Male literacy stands at 87.69 % while female literacy rate was 90.91 %.

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

Porkrong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 148 81 67
Child (0-6) 28 16 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 147 81 66
Literacy 89.17 % 87.69 % 90.91 %
Total Workers 58 31 27
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 5 2 3

Caste Factor

In Porkrong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Porkrong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Porkrong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Porkrong village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 91.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.