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Pawphlang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pawphlang is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Pawphlang village has population of 240 of which 119 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pawphlang village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 22.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pawphlang village is 1017 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pawphlang as per census is 897, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pawphlang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pawphlang village was 88.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pawphlang Male literacy stands at 82.22 % while female literacy rate was 93.68 %.

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

Pawphlang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 240 119 121
Child (0-6) 55 29 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 240 119 121
Literacy 88.11 % 82.22 % 93.68 %
Total Workers 101 51 50
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 30 13 17

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pawphlang village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 70.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.