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Sohsyniang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohsyniang is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 92 families residing. The Sohsyniang village has population of 540 of which 272 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohsyniang village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 23.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohsyniang village is 985 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohsyniang as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohsyniang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohsyniang village was 77.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohsyniang Male literacy stands at 75.96 % while female literacy rate was 78.43 %.

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

Sohsyniang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 540 272 268
Child (0-6) 128 64 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 539 272 267
Literacy 77.18 % 75.96 % 78.43 %
Total Workers 221 105 116
Main Worker 221 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Sohsyniang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.81 % of total population in Sohsyniang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohsyniang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohsyniang village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.