Porla Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Porla is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Porla village has population of 154 of which 82 are males while 72 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porla village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 22.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porla village is 878 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Porla as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Porla village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Porla village was 79.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Porla Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 78.18 %.

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

Porla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	25	-	-
Population	154	82	72
Child (0-6)	34	17	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	153	81	72
Literacy	79.17 %	80.00 %	78.18 %
Total Workers	91	50	41
Main Worker	61	-	-
Marginal Worker	30	16	14

Caste Factor

In Porla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.35 % of total population in Porla village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Porla village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Porla village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 67.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.