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Pharmahiong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pharmahiong is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Pharmahiong village has population of 325 of which 170 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pharmahiong village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 24.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pharmahiong village is 912 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pharmahiong as per census is 580, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pharmahiong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pharmahiong village was 73.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pharmahiong Male literacy stands at 73.33 % while female literacy rate was 73.81 %.

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

Pharmahiong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 325 170 155
Child (0-6) 79 50 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 325 170 155
Literacy 73.58 % 73.33 % 73.81 %
Total Workers 97 50 47
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Pharmahiong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Pharmahiong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pharmahiong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pharmahiong village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 97.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.