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Sooling Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sooling is a small village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 27 families residing. The Sooling village has population of 171 of which 89 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sooling village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 23.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sooling village is 921 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sooling as per census is 600, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sooling village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sooling village was 90.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sooling Male literacy stands at 93.75 % while female literacy rate was 88.06 %.

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

Sooling Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 27 - -
Population 171 89 82
Child (0-6) 40 25 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 170 88 82
Literacy 90.84 % 93.75 % 88.06 %
Total Workers 67 37 30
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

In Sooling village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.42 % of total population in Sooling village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sooling village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sooling 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, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.