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Sohryngkham Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohryngkham is a large village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 1039 families residing. The Sohryngkham village has population of 5736 of which 2824 are males while 2912 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohryngkham village population of children with age 0-6 is 1115 which makes up 19.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohryngkham village is 1031 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohryngkham as per census is 1024, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohryngkham village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohryngkham village was 84.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohryngkham Male literacy stands at 82.31 % while female literacy rate was 86.50 %.

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

Sohryngkham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,039 - -
Population 5,736 2,824 2,912
Child (0-6) 1,115 551 564
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 5,672 2,787 2,885
Literacy 84.44 % 82.31 % 86.50 %
Total Workers 2,365 1,460 905
Main Worker 2,142 - -
Marginal Worker 223 90 133

Caste Factor

In Sohryngkham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.88 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.02 % of total population in Sohryngkham village.

Work Profile

In Sohryngkham village out of total population, 2365 were engaged in work activities. 90.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2365 workers engaged in Main Work, 523 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 264 were Agricultural labourer.