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Pyrkan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pyrkan is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 61 families residing. The Pyrkan village has population of 345 of which 184 are males while 161 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyrkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 23.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyrkan village is 875 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyrkan as per census is 860, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyrkan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyrkan village was 79.25 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyrkan Male literacy stands at 77.30 % while female literacy rate was 81.45 %.

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

Pyrkan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 345 184 161
Child (0-6) 80 43 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 296 156 140
Literacy 79.25 % 77.30 % 81.45 %
Total Workers 101 81 20
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Pyrkan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.80 % of total population in Pyrkan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pyrkan village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pyrkan village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 99.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.