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Pormawthaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pormawthaw is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Pormawthaw village has population of 305 of which 156 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pormawthaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 14.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pormawthaw village is 955 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pormawthaw as per census is 792, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pormawthaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pormawthaw village was 79.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pormawthaw Male literacy stands at 82.58 % while female literacy rate was 76.15 %.

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

Pormawthaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 305 156 149
Child (0-6) 43 24 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 303 155 148
Literacy 79.39 % 82.58 % 76.15 %
Total Workers 72 55 17
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 47 35 12

Caste Factor

In Pormawthaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.34 % of total population in Pormawthaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pormawthaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pormawthaw village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 34.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.