Saphak Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Saphak is a small village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 28 families residing. The Saphak village has population of 140 of which 77 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saphak village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 24.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saphak village is 818 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Saphak as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Saphak village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Saphak village was 83.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Saphak Male literacy stands at 93.33 % while female literacy rate was 69.57 %.

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

Saphak Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	28	-	-
Population	140	77	63
Child (0-6)	34	17	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	140	77	63
Literacy	83.02 %	93.33 %	69.57 %
Total Workers	59	32	27
Main Worker	31	-	-
Marginal Worker	28	5	23

Caste Factor

In Saphak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Saphak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saphak village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Saphak village out of total population, 59 were engaged in work activities. 52.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.