Riangken Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Riangken is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 16 families residing. The Riangken village has population of 106 of which 56 are males while 50 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Riangken village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 25.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Riangken village is 893 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Riangken as per census is 1077, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Riangken village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Riangken village was 37.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Riangken Male literacy stands at 55.81 % while female literacy rate was 16.67 %.

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

Riangken Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	16	-	-
Population	106	56	50
Child (0-6)	27	13	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	106	56	50
Literacy	37.97 %	55.81 %	16.67 %
Total Workers	64	30	34
Main Worker	43	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	8	13

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Riangken village out of total population, 64 were engaged in work activities. 67.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.