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Sasniang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sasniang is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 63 families residing. The Sasniang village has population of 360 of which 191 are males while 169 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sasniang village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 26.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sasniang village is 885 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sasniang as per census is 759, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sasniang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sasniang village was 73.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sasniang Male literacy stands at 78.83 % while female literacy rate was 68.75 %.

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

Sasniang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 360 191 169
Child (0-6) 95 54 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 351 186 165
Literacy 73.96 % 78.83 % 68.75 %
Total Workers 138 69 69
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Sasniang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.50 % of total population in Sasniang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sasniang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sasniang village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 99.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.