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Paitklong Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Paitklong is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 74 families residing. The Paitklong village has population of 413 of which 221 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paitklong village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 27.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paitklong village is 869 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Paitklong as per census is 836, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Paitklong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Paitklong village was 65.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Paitklong Male literacy stands at 63.13 % while female literacy rate was 67.38 %.

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

Paitklong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 413 221 192
Child (0-6) 112 61 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 18 8 10
Literacy 65.12 % 63.13 % 67.38 %
Total Workers 235 123 112
Main Worker 203 - -
Marginal Worker 32 13 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.36 % of total population in Paitklong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paitklong village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Paitklong village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 86.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.