Shongbiang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Shongbiang is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 24 families residing. The Shongbiang village has population of 120 of which 62 are males while 58 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shongbiang village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 20.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shongbiang village is 935 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Shongbiang as per census is 786, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Shongbiang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Shongbiang village was 55.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Shongbiang Male literacy stands at 52.08 % while female literacy rate was 59.57 %.

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

Shongbiang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	24	-	-
Population	120	62	58
Child (0-6)	25	14	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	119	61	58
Literacy	55.79 %	52.08 %	59.57 %
Total Workers	61	29	32
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	13	31

Caste Factor

In Shongbiang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Shongbiang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shongbiang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Shongbiang village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 27.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.