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Porsohsan Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Porsohsan is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Porsohsan village has population of 113 of which 61 are males while 52 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porsohsan village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 32.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porsohsan village is 852 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Porsohsan as per census is 762, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Porsohsan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Porsohsan village was 94.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Porsohsan Male literacy stands at 97.50 % while female literacy rate was 91.67 %.

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

Porsohsan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 113 61 52
Child (0-6) 37 21 16
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 111 59 52
Literacy 94.74 % 97.50 % 91.67 %
Total Workers 51 27 24
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Porsohsan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.23 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.88 % of total population in Porsohsan village.

Work Profile

In Porsohsan village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.