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Sohjarang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohjarang is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 93 families residing. The Sohjarang village has population of 495 of which 268 are males while 227 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohjarang village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 29.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohjarang village is 847 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohjarang as per census is 921, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohjarang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohjarang village was 51.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohjarang Male literacy stands at 51.04 % while female literacy rate was 51.59 %.

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

Sohjarang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 495 268 227
Child (0-6) 146 76 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 493 266 227
Literacy 51.29 % 51.04 % 51.59 %
Total Workers 213 116 97
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Sohjarang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.60 % of total population in Sohjarang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohjarang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohjarang village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 99.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.