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Sawlad Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sawlad is a small village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Sawlad village has population of 150 of which 72 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sawlad village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 24.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sawlad village is 1083 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sawlad as per census is 1250, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sawlad village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sawlad village was 71.93 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sawlad Male literacy stands at 82.14 % while female literacy rate was 62.07 %.

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

Sawlad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 150 72 78
Child (0-6) 36 16 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 139 67 72
Literacy 71.93 % 82.14 % 62.07 %
Total Workers 108 54 54
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 25 16 9

Caste Factor

In Sawlad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.67 % of total population in Sawlad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sawlad village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sawlad village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 76.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.