Ryngkhiat Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Ryngkhiat is a small village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Ryngkhiat village has population of 133 of which 65 are males while 68 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ryngkhiat village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 28.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ryngkhiat village is 1046 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ryngkhiat as per census is 810, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ryngkhiat village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ryngkhiat village was 30.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ryngkhiat Male literacy stands at 34.09 % while female literacy rate was 27.45 %.

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

Ryngkhiat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	133	65	68
Child (0-6)	38	21	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	130	63	67
Literacy	30.53 %	34.09 %	27.45 %
Total Workers	57	29	28
Main Worker	55	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Ryngkhiat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.74 % of total population in Ryngkhiat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ryngkhiat village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Ryngkhiat village out of total population, 57 were engaged in work activities. 96.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 57 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.