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Sawtalad Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sawtalad is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Sawtalad village has population of 156 of which 70 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sawtalad village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 35.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sawtalad village is 1229 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sawtalad as per census is 1391, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sawtalad village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sawtalad village was 36.63 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sawtalad Male literacy stands at 36.17 % while female literacy rate was 37.04 %.

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

Sawtalad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 156 70 86
Child (0-6) 55 23 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 156 70 86
Literacy 36.63 % 36.17 % 37.04 %
Total Workers 69 32 37
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Sawtalad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Sawtalad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sawtalad village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sawtalad village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 95.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.