Proin Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Proin is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Proin village has population of 324 of which 160 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Proin village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 26.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Proin village is 1025 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Proin as per census is 1500, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Proin village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Proin village was 96.23 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Proin Male literacy stands at 95.24 % while female literacy rate was 97.35 %.

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

Proin Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	50	-	-
Population	324	160	164
Child (0-6)	85	34	51
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	322	159	163
Literacy	96.23 %	95.24 %	97.35 %
Total Workers	140	73	67
Main Worker	116	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	11	13

Caste Factor

In Proin village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Proin village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Proin village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Proin village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 82.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.