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Sialkan Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Sialkan is a small village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 20 families residing. The Sialkan village has population of 114 of which 58 are males while 56 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sialkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 23.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sialkan village is 966 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sialkan as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sialkan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sialkan village was 77.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sialkan Male literacy stands at 95.35 % while female literacy rate was 59.09 %.

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

Sialkan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 20 - -
Population 114 58 56
Child (0-6) 27 15 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 103 54 49
Literacy 77.01 % 95.35 % 59.09 %
Total Workers 31 22 9
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Sialkan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.35 % of total population in Sialkan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sialkan village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Sialkan village out of total population, 31 were engaged in work activities. 93.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 31 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.