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Puriang Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Puriang is a large village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 382 families residing. The Puriang village has population of 2004 of which 982 are males while 1022 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puriang village population of children with age 0-6 is 482 which makes up 24.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puriang village is 1041 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Puriang as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Puriang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Puriang village was 64.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Puriang Male literacy stands at 56.41 % while female literacy rate was 73.11 %.

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

Puriang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 382 - -
Population 2,004 982 1,022
Child (0-6) 482 241 241
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,997 978 1,019
Literacy 64.98 % 56.41 % 73.11 %
Total Workers 827 492 335
Main Worker 823 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Puriang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.65 % of total population in Puriang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puriang village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Puriang village out of total population, 827 were engaged in work activities. 99.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 827 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 700 were Agricultural labourer.