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Keniong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Keniong is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 98 families residing. The Keniong village has population of 584 of which 290 are males while 294 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keniong village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 23.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keniong village is 1014 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Keniong as per census is 901, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Keniong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Keniong village was 90.65 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Keniong Male literacy stands at 90.87 % while female literacy rate was 90.43 %.

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

Keniong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 584 290 294
Child (0-6) 135 71 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 577 286 291
Literacy 90.65 % 90.87 % 90.43 %
Total Workers 251 126 125
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Keniong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.80 % of total population in Keniong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Keniong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Keniong village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 99.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 243 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.