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Wahlyngkhat Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahlyngkhat is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 166 families residing. The Wahlyngkhat village has population of 813 of which 387 are males while 426 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahlyngkhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 18.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahlyngkhat village is 1101 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahlyngkhat as per census is 1013, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahlyngkhat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahlyngkhat village was 83.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahlyngkhat Male literacy stands at 85.90 % while female literacy rate was 81.43 %.

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

Wahlyngkhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 166 - -
Population 813 387 426
Child (0-6) 151 75 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 813 387 426
Literacy 83.53 % 85.90 % 81.43 %
Total Workers 368 196 172
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Wahlyngkhat village out of total population, 368 were engaged in work activities. 99.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 368 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 169 were Agricultural labourer.