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Patharlyndan Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Patharlyndan is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 178 families residing. The Patharlyndan village has population of 926 of which 455 are males while 471 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patharlyndan village population of children with age 0-6 is 285 which makes up 30.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patharlyndan village is 1035 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Patharlyndan as per census is 926, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Patharlyndan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Patharlyndan village was 61.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Patharlyndan Male literacy stands at 54.40 % while female literacy rate was 67.37 %.

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

Patharlyndan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 178 - -
Population 926 455 471
Child (0-6) 285 148 137
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 920 450 470
Literacy 61.15 % 54.40 % 67.37 %
Total Workers 372 207 165
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 13 8 5

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Patharlyndan village out of total population, 372 were engaged in work activities. 96.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 372 workers engaged in Main Work, 296 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.