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Rangshken Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Rangshken is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 125 families residing. The Rangshken village has population of 639 of which 309 are males while 330 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rangshken village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 22.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rangshken village is 1068 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rangshken as per census is 893, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rangshken village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rangshken village was 76.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rangshken Male literacy stands at 74.36 % while female literacy rate was 77.95 %.

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

Rangshken Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 639 309 330
Child (0-6) 142 75 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 636 307 329
Literacy 76.26 % 74.36 % 77.95 %
Total Workers 291 146 145
Main Worker 290 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Rangshken village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.53 % of total population in Rangshken village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rangshken village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Rangshken village out of total population, 291 were engaged in work activities. 99.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.