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Plasha Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Plasha is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Plasha village has population of 299 of which 145 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Plasha village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 12.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Plasha village is 1062 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Plasha as per census is 850, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Plasha village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Plasha village was 67.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Plasha Male literacy stands at 67.20 % while female literacy rate was 67.88 %.

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

Plasha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 299 145 154
Child (0-6) 37 20 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 299 145 154
Literacy 67.56 % 67.20 % 67.88 %
Total Workers 120 61 59
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Plasha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Plasha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Plasha village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Plasha village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 99.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.