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Patharkushi Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Patharkushi is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 196 families residing. The Patharkushi village has population of 1100 of which 562 are males while 538 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patharkushi village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 10.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patharkushi village is 957 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Patharkushi as per census is 1070, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Patharkushi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Patharkushi village was 84.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Patharkushi Male literacy stands at 90.30 % while female literacy rate was 78.20 %.

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

Patharkushi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,100 562 538
Child (0-6) 118 57 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 408 196 212
Literacy 84.42 % 90.30 % 78.20 %
Total Workers 407 298 109
Main Worker 335 - -
Marginal Worker 72 30 42

Caste Factor

In Patharkushi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.09 % of total population in Patharkushi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Patharkushi village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Patharkushi village out of total population, 407 were engaged in work activities. 82.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 407 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.