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Patharkhnang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Patharkhnang is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Patharkhnang village has population of 175 of which 91 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patharkhnang village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 24.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patharkhnang village is 923 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Patharkhnang as per census is 750, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Patharkhnang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Patharkhnang village was 87.22 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Patharkhnang Male literacy stands at 89.55 % while female literacy rate was 84.85 %.

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

Patharkhnang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 175 91 84
Child (0-6) 42 24 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 174 90 84
Literacy 87.22 % 89.55 % 84.85 %
Total Workers 70 34 36
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 9 0 9

Caste Factor

In Patharkhnang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.43 % of total population in Patharkhnang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Patharkhnang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Patharkhnang village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 87.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.