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Rangmaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Rangmaw is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 225 families residing. The Rangmaw village has population of 1407 of which 699 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rangmaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 19.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rangmaw village is 1013 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rangmaw as per census is 1015, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rangmaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rangmaw village was 71.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rangmaw Male literacy stands at 71.89 % while female literacy rate was 71.35 %.

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

Rangmaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,407 699 708
Child (0-6) 276 137 139
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,386 685 701
Literacy 71.62 % 71.89 % 71.35 %
Total Workers 510 314 196
Main Worker 150 - -
Marginal Worker 360 223 137

Caste Factor

In Rangmaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.51 % of total population in Rangmaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rangmaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Rangmaw village out of total population, 510 were engaged in work activities. 29.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 510 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.