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Urkali Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Urkali is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Urkali village has population of 206 of which 105 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urkali village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 21.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urkali village is 962 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Urkali as per census is 1095, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Urkali village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Urkali village was 77.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Urkali Male literacy stands at 82.14 % while female literacy rate was 73.08 %.

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

Urkali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 206 105 101
Child (0-6) 44 21 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 206 105 101
Literacy 77.78 % 82.14 % 73.08 %
Total Workers 78 47 31
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 17 3 14

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Urkali village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 78.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.