Thangmaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Thangmaw is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 177 families residing. The Thangmaw village has population of 1112 of which 571 are males while 541 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thangmaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 21.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thangmaw village is 947 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Thangmaw as per census is 1009, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Thangmaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Thangmaw village was 74.69 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Thangmaw Male literacy stands at 71.59 % while female literacy rate was 78.01 %.

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

Thangmaw Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	177	-	-
Population	1,112	571	541
Child (0-6)	235	117	118
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,103	568	535
Literacy	74.69 %	71.59 %	78.01 %
Total Workers	483	270	213
Main Worker	432	-	-
Marginal Worker	51	30	21

Caste Factor

In Thangmaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.19 % of total population in Thangmaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Thangmaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Thangmaw village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 89.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 300 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.