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Sohtyngkhur Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohtyngkhur is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 151 families residing. The Sohtyngkhur village has population of 890 of which 445 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohtyngkhur village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 25.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohtyngkhur village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohtyngkhur as per census is 1018, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohtyngkhur village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohtyngkhur village was 76.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohtyngkhur Male literacy stands at 72.67 % while female literacy rate was 80.36 %.

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

Sohtyngkhur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 151 - -
Population 890 445 445
Child (0-6) 226 112 114
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 884 440 444
Literacy 76.51 % 72.67 % 80.36 %
Total Workers 428 215 213
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Sohtyngkhur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.33 % of total population in Sohtyngkhur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohtyngkhur village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohtyngkhur village out of total population, 428 were engaged in work activities. 99.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 428 workers engaged in Main Work, 373 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.