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Pyrden Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pyrden is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 18 families residing. The Pyrden village has population of 118 of which 61 are males while 57 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyrden village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 22.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyrden village is 934 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyrden as per census is 588, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyrden village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyrden village was 18.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyrden Male literacy stands at 15.91 % while female literacy rate was 21.28 %.

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

Pyrden Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 18 - -
Population 118 61 57
Child (0-6) 27 17 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 118 61 57
Literacy 18.68 % 15.91 % 21.28 %
Total Workers 32 29 3
Main Worker 22 - -
Marginal Worker 10 9 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pyrden village out of total population, 32 were engaged in work activities. 68.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 32 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.