Sakhain Population, Caste, Working Data Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011

Sakhain is a village situated in Saipung block of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 122 families residing in the village Sakhain. The total population of Sakhain is 797 out of which 369 are males and 428 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sakhain is 1,160.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sakhain village is 203 which is 25% of the total population. There are 98 male children and 105 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sakhain is 1,071 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,160) of Sakhain village.

Population
797
Families
122
Literacy
65.49%
Sex Ratio
1,160

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sakhain is 65.5%. Thus Sakhain village has higher literacy rate compared to 47.5% of Jaintia Hills district. The male literacy rate is 54.98% and the female literacy rate is 74.3% in Sakhain village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Sakhain village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Sakhain Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Sakhain village.

Total Male Female
Children 203 98 105
Literacy 65.49% 54.98% 74.3%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 792 367 425
Illiterate 408 220 188

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 99.4% of total population in Sakhain village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sakhain village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 62.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.8% 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.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 212 116 96
Cultivators 21 11 10
Agriculture Labourer 20 6 14
Household Industries 8 6 2
Other Workers 163 93 70
Marginal Workers 129 53 76
Non Working 456 200 256

Nearby Villages to Sakhain,

Below are the list of villages near Sakhain village in Saipung.

Village Population
Latyrke 1,120
Sakhain Moolimen 792
Mutong 82
Tangsko 13
Tuituk 186
Khannar 658
Daistong 596
Mooknor 478
Lumchyrngan 194
Saipung 1,431

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