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

Sohryngkham is a village situated in Mawryngkneng block of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,039 families residing in the village Sohryngkham. The total population of Sohryngkham is 5,736 out of which 2,824 are males and 2,912 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sohryngkham is 1,031.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sohryngkham village is 1115 which is 19% of the total population. There are 551 male children and 564 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sohryngkham is 1,024 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,031) of Sohryngkham village.

Population
5,736
Families
1,039
Literacy
84.44%
Sex Ratio
1,031

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sohryngkham is 84.4%. Thus Sohryngkham village has higher literacy rate compared to 70% of East Khasi Hills district. The male literacy rate is 82.31% and the female literacy rate is 86.5% in Sohryngkham village.

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

Sohryngkham Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,115 551 564
Literacy 84.44% 82.31% 86.5%
Scheduled Caste 1 1 0
Scheduled Tribe 5,672 2,787 2,885
Illiterate 1,834 953 881

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 98.9% of total population in Sohryngkham village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sohryngkham village out of total population, 2,365 were engaged in work activities. 90.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,365 workers engaged in Main Work, 523 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 264 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 2,142 1,370 772
Cultivators 523 377 146
Agriculture Labourer 264 209 55
Household Industries 11 11 0
Other Workers 1,344 773 571
Marginal Workers 223 90 133
Non Working 3,371 1,364 2,007

Nearby Villages to Sohryngkham,

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

Village Population
Mawlyngngad 1,817
Pommura 631
Umphyrnai 2,997
Ksehpongdeng 1,235
Jyntah 487
Mawryngkneng 6,598
Mawlynrei 3,473
Thangshalai 632
Mawshbuit 2,590
Puriang 2,004

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