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Pynden Sakwang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pynden Sakwang is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 102 families residing. The Pynden Sakwang village has population of 612 of which 300 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pynden Sakwang village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 22.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pynden Sakwang village is 1040 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pynden Sakwang as per census is 1044, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pynden Sakwang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pynden Sakwang village was 98.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pynden Sakwang Male literacy stands at 98.71 % while female literacy rate was 97.93 %.

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

Pynden Sakwang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 612 300 312
Child (0-6) 139 68 71
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 606 295 311
Literacy 98.31 % 98.71 % 97.93 %
Total Workers 172 120 52
Main Worker 159 - -
Marginal Worker 13 10 3

Caste Factor

In Pynden Sakwang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.02 % of total population in Pynden Sakwang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pynden Sakwang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pynden Sakwang village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 92.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.