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Peinlang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Peinlang is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Peinlang village has population of 438 of which 215 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peinlang village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 22.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peinlang village is 1037 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Peinlang as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Peinlang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Peinlang village was 87.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Peinlang Male literacy stands at 87.80 % while female literacy rate was 88.00 %.

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

Peinlang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 438 215 223
Child (0-6) 99 51 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 432 211 221
Literacy 87.91 % 87.80 % 88.00 %
Total Workers 228 102 126
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 159 69 90

Caste Factor

In Peinlang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.63 % of total population in Peinlang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Peinlang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Peinlang village out of total population, 228 were engaged in work activities. 30.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 228 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.