Kharkhana Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Kharkhana is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 59 families residing. The Kharkhana village has population of 333 of which 175 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharkhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 21.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharkhana village is 903 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharkhana as per census is 614, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kharkhana village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharkhana village was 79.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kharkhana Male literacy stands at 79.39 % while female literacy rate was 79.39 %.

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

Kharkhana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	59	-	-
Population	333	175	158
Child (0-6)	71	44	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	313	164	149
Literacy	79.39 %	79.39 %	79.39 %
Total Workers	141	72	69
Main Worker	92	-	-
Marginal Worker	49	12	37

Caste Factor

In Kharkhana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.99 % of total population in Kharkhana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kharkhana village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Kharkhana village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 65.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.