Urkhli Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Urkhli is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 38 families residing. The Urkhli village has population of 256 of which 126 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urkhli village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 27.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urkhli village is 1032 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Urkhli as per census is 1536, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Urkhli village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Urkhli village was 89.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Urkhli Male literacy stands at 94.90 % while female literacy rate was 83.91 %.

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

Urkhli Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	38	-	-
Population	256	126	130
Child (0-6)	71	28	43
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	253	126	127
Literacy	89.73 %	94.90 %	83.91 %
Total Workers	116	61	55
Main Worker	114	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	1	1

Caste Factor

In Urkhli village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.83 % of total population in Urkhli village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Urkhli village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Urkhli village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 98.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.