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Pyrda Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pyrda is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Pyrda village has population of 354 of which 176 are males while 178 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyrda village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 25.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyrda village is 1011 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyrda as per census is 917, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyrda village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyrda village was 50.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyrda Male literacy stands at 43.75 % while female literacy rate was 56.72 %.

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

Pyrda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 354 176 178
Child (0-6) 92 48 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 354 176 178
Literacy 50.38 % 43.75 % 56.72 %
Total Workers 147 77 70
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 18 3 15

Caste Factor

In Pyrda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Pyrda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pyrda village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pyrda village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 87.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.