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Khannar Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Khannar is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 108 families residing. The Khannar village has population of 658 of which 329 are males while 329 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khannar village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 28.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khannar village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Khannar as per census is 1241, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Khannar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Khannar village was 67.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Khannar Male literacy stands at 61.38 % while female literacy rate was 73.89 %.

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

Khannar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 658 329 329
Child (0-6) 186 83 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 655 328 327
Literacy 67.37 % 61.38 % 73.89 %
Total Workers 271 151 120
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Khannar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.54 % of total population in Khannar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khannar village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Khannar village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 98.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 244 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.