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Pahamshken Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Pahamshken is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Pahamshken village has population of 249 of which 131 are males while 118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pahamshken village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 22.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pahamshken village is 901 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pahamshken as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pahamshken village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pahamshken village was 83.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pahamshken Male literacy stands at 87.38 % while female literacy rate was 78.89 %.

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

Pahamshken Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 249 131 118
Child (0-6) 56 28 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 242 129 113
Literacy 83.42 % 87.38 % 78.89 %
Total Workers 110 60 50
Main Worker 96 - -
Marginal Worker 14 6 8

Caste Factor

In Pahamshken village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.19 % of total population in Pahamshken village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pahamshken village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Pahamshken village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 87.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.