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Sohkhwai Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Sohkhwai is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 83 families residing. The Sohkhwai village has population of 520 of which 263 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohkhwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 23.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohkhwai village is 977 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohkhwai as per census is 1222, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohkhwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohkhwai village was 71.50 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohkhwai Male literacy stands at 75.60 % while female literacy rate was 67.02 %.

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

Sohkhwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 520 263 257
Child (0-6) 120 54 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 515 260 255
Literacy 71.50 % 75.60 % 67.02 %
Total Workers 213 108 105
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Sohkhwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.04 % of total population in Sohkhwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohkhwai village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Sohkhwai village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 99.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.