Sahilong Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Sahilong is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 104 families residing. The Sahilong village has population of 552 of which 273 are males while 279 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahilong village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 18.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahilong village is 1022 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahilong as per census is 821, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sahilong village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahilong village was 66.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sahilong Male literacy stands at 73.27 % while female literacy rate was 59.23 %.

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

Sahilong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	552	273	279
Child (0-6)	102	56	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	400	190	210
Literacy	66.00 %	73.27 %	59.23 %
Total Workers	168	125	43
Main Worker	118	-	-
Marginal Worker	50	28	22

Caste Factor

In Sahilong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.46 % of total population in Sahilong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sahilong village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Sahilong village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 70.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.