Phong Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Phong is a medium size village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Phong village has population of 202 of which 104 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phong village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 26.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phong village is 942 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Phong as per census is 893, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Phong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Phong village was 27.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Phong Male literacy stands at 19.74 % while female literacy rate was 35.62 %.

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

Phong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	54	-	-
Population	202	104	98
Child (0-6)	53	28	25
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	198	101	97
Literacy	27.52 %	19.74 %	35.62 %
Total Workers	104	58	46
Main Worker	102	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Phong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.02 % of total population in Phong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Phong village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Phong village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 98.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.