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Siltham Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Siltham is a small village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Siltham village has population of 198 of which 96 are males while 102 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Siltham village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 20.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Siltham village is 1063 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Siltham as per census is 952, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Siltham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Siltham village was 41.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Siltham Male literacy stands at 40.00 % while female literacy rate was 42.68 %.

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

Siltham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 198 96 102
Child (0-6) 41 21 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 197 95 102
Literacy 41.40 % 40.00 % 42.68 %
Total Workers 120 58 62
Main Worker 117 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Siltham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.49 % of total population in Siltham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Siltham village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Siltham village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 97.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.