Khaidong Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Khaidong is a small village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Khaidong village has population of 179 of which 100 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khaidong village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 23.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khaidong village is 790 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Khaidong as per census is 1100, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Khaidong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Khaidong village was 91.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Khaidong Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 92.98 %.

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

Khaidong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	30	-	-
Population	179	100	79
Child (0-6)	42	20	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	174	98	76
Literacy	91.24 %	90.00 %	92.98 %
Total Workers	83	46	37
Main Worker	47	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	2	34

Caste Factor

In Khaidong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.21 % of total population in Khaidong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khaidong village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Khaidong village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 56.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.