Permadan Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Permadan is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Permadan village has population of 334 of which 159 are males while 175 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Permadan village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 25.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Permadan village is 1101 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Permadan as per census is 1100, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Permadan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Permadan village was 91.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Permadan Male literacy stands at 94.96 % while female literacy rate was 87.79 %.

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

Permadan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	334	159	175
Child (0-6)	84	40	44
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	333	159	174
Literacy	91.20 %	94.96 %	87.79 %
Total Workers	111	67	44
Main Worker	72	-	-
Marginal Worker	39	23	16

Caste Factor

In Permadan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.70 % of total population in Permadan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Permadan village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Permadan village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 64.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.