Sakhain Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Sakhain is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Sakhain village has population of 797 of which 369 are males while 428 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakhain village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 25.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakhain village is 1160 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakhain as per census is 1071, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sakhain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakhain village was 65.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sakhain Male literacy stands at 54.98 % while female literacy rate was 74.30 %.

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

Sakhain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	122	-	-
Population	797	369	428
Child (0-6)	203	98	105
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	792	367	425
Literacy	65.49 %	54.98 %	74.30 %
Total Workers	341	169	172
Main Worker	212	-	-
Marginal Worker	129	53	76

Caste Factor

In Sakhain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % of total population in Sakhain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sakhain village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Sakhain village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 62.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 341 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.