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Khonglah Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Khonglah is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 219 families residing. The Khonglah village has population of 1300 of which 642 are males while 658 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khonglah village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 15.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khonglah village is 1025 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Khonglah as per census is 935, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Khonglah village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Khonglah village was 68.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Khonglah Male literacy stands at 65.98 % while female literacy rate was 71.15 %.

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

Khonglah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 219 - -
Population 1,300 642 658
Child (0-6) 207 107 100
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,295 640 655
Literacy 68.62 % 65.98 % 71.15 %
Total Workers 548 343 205
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 136 60 76

Caste Factor

In Khonglah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.62 % of total population in Khonglah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khonglah village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Khonglah village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 75.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.