Kharang Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Kharang is a large village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 352 families residing. The Kharang village has population of 2117 of which 1059 are males while 1058 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharang village population of children with age 0-6 is 524 which makes up 24.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharang village is 999 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharang as per census is 892, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kharang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharang village was 74.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kharang Male literacy stands at 67.65 % while female literacy rate was 80.64 %.

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

Kharang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	352	-	-
Population	2,117	1,059	1,058
Child (0-6)	524	277	247
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	2,114	1,057	1,057
Literacy	74.26 %	67.65 %	80.64 %
Total Workers	988	509	479
Main Worker	974	-	-
Marginal Worker	14	8	6

Caste Factor

In Kharang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.86 % of total population in Kharang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kharang village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Kharang village out of total population, 988 were engaged in work activities. 98.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 988 workers engaged in Main Work, 462 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 406 were Agricultural labourer.