Smit Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Smit is a large village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 947 families residing. The Smit village has population of 5037 of which 2481 are males while 2556 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Smit village population of children with age 0-6 is 936 which makes up 18.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Smit village is 1030 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Smit as per census is 880, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Smit village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Smit village was 87.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Smit Male literacy stands at 87.19 % while female literacy rate was 88.34 %.

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

Smit Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	947	-	-
Population	5,037	2,481	2,556
Child (0-6)	936	498	438
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	5,013	2,468	2,545
Literacy	87.78 %	87.19 %	88.34 %
Total Workers	1,754	1,118	636
Main Worker	1,471	-	-
Marginal Worker	283	156	127

Caste Factor

In Smit village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.52 % of total population in Smit village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Smit village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Smit village out of total population, 1754 were engaged in work activities. 83.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1754 workers engaged in Main Work, 214 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 437 were Agricultural labourer.