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Shohphria Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Shohphria is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 123 families residing. The Shohphria village has population of 707 of which 343 are males while 364 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shohphria village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 24.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shohphria village is 1061 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Shohphria as per census is 1122, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Shohphria village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Shohphria village was 88.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Shohphria Male literacy stands at 87.36 % while female literacy rate was 88.97 %.

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

Shohphria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 707 343 364
Child (0-6) 174 82 92
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 692 332 360
Literacy 88.18 % 87.36 % 88.97 %
Total Workers 445 212 233
Main Worker 298 - -
Marginal Worker 147 64 83

Caste Factor

In Shohphria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.88 % of total population in Shohphria village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shohphria village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Shohphria village out of total population, 445 were engaged in work activities. 66.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 445 workers engaged in Main Work, 247 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.