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Porkhadoh Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Porkhadoh is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 20 families residing. The Porkhadoh village has population of 161 of which 82 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porkhadoh village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 29.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porkhadoh village is 963 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Porkhadoh as per census is 1087, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Porkhadoh village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Porkhadoh village was 75.22 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Porkhadoh Male literacy stands at 89.83 % while female literacy rate was 59.26 %.

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

Porkhadoh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 20 - -
Population 161 82 79
Child (0-6) 48 23 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 161 82 79
Literacy 75.22 % 89.83 % 59.26 %
Total Workers 67 34 33
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Porkhadoh village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 89.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.