Smit Population, Caste, Working Data East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011

Smit is a village situated in Mawryngkneng block of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 947 families residing in the village Smit. The total population of Smit is 5,037 out of which 2,481 are males and 2,556 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Smit is 1,030.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Smit village is 936 which is 19% of the total population. There are 498 male children and 438 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Smit is 880 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,030) of Smit village.

Population
5,037
Families
947
Literacy
87.78%
Sex Ratio
1,030

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Smit is 87.8%. Thus Smit village has higher literacy rate compared to 70% of East Khasi Hills district. The male literacy rate is 87.19% and the female literacy rate is 88.34% in Smit village.

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

Smit Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 936 498 438
Literacy 87.78% 87.19% 88.34%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 5,013 2,468 2,545
Illiterate 1,437 752 685

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 99.5% of total population in Smit village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Smit village out of total population, 1,754 were engaged in work activities. 83.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,754 workers engaged in Main Work, 214 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 437 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,471 962 509
Cultivators 214 158 56
Agriculture Labourer 437 322 115
Household Industries 7 5 2
Other Workers 813 477 336
Marginal Workers 283 156 127
Non Working 3,283 1,363 1,920

Nearby Villages to Smit,

Below are the list of villages near Smit village in Mawryngkneng.

Village Population
Umiew-Maw -U-Sam 587
Umtngew 312
umphrup 1,749
Mawkathein 144
Nongkrem 3,038
Maw-U-Sam 782
Lamlyer 532
Laitkseh 562
Mawlyndep 618
Thadan 1,137

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