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Pormawthar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pormawthar is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Pormawthar village has population of 275 of which 142 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pormawthar village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 30.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pormawthar village is 937 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pormawthar as per census is 804, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pormawthar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pormawthar village was 47.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pormawthar Male literacy stands at 47.92 % while female literacy rate was 46.88 %.

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

Pormawthar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 275 142 133
Child (0-6) 83 46 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 272 140 132
Literacy 47.40 % 47.92 % 46.88 %
Total Workers 128 59 69
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 6 1 5

Caste Factor

In Pormawthar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.91 % of total population in Pormawthar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pormawthar village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pormawthar village out of total population, 128 were engaged in work activities. 95.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 128 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.