Tyngkei Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Tyngkei is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Tyngkei village has population of 240 of which 123 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tyngkei village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 18.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tyngkei village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tyngkei as per census is 1444, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tyngkei village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tyngkei village was 65.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tyngkei Male literacy stands at 56.19 % while female literacy rate was 76.92 %.

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

Tyngkei Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	240	123	117
Child (0-6)	44	18	26
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	238	122	116
Literacy	65.82 %	56.19 %	76.92 %
Total Workers	109	58	51
Main Worker	12	-	-
Marginal Worker	97	46	51

Caste Factor

In Tyngkei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Tyngkei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tyngkei village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Tyngkei village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 11.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.