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Pdengkarong Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Pdengkarong is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 57 families residing. The Pdengkarong village has population of 316 of which 151 are males while 165 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pdengkarong village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 26.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pdengkarong village is 1093 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pdengkarong as per census is 1677, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pdengkarong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pdengkarong village was 54.94 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pdengkarong Male literacy stands at 55.00 % while female literacy rate was 54.87 %.

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

Pdengkarong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 316 151 165
Child (0-6) 83 31 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 310 147 163
Literacy 54.94 % 55.00 % 54.87 %
Total Workers 80 64 16
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 3 0 3

Caste Factor

In Pdengkarong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.10 % of total population in Pdengkarong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pdengkarong village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Pdengkarong village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 96.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.