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Kongwang Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Kongwang is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 92 families residing. The Kongwang village has population of 527 of which 266 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kongwang village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 19.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kongwang village is 981 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kongwang as per census is 942, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kongwang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kongwang village was 88.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kongwang Male literacy stands at 88.79 % while female literacy rate was 88.68 %.

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

Kongwang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 527 266 261
Child (0-6) 101 52 49
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 524 264 260
Literacy 88.73 % 88.79 % 88.68 %
Total Workers 243 131 112
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 122 38 84

Caste Factor

In Kongwang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.19 % of total population in Kongwang village.

Work Profile

In Kongwang village out of total population, 243 were engaged in work activities. 49.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 243 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.