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Parangang Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Parangang is a small village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Parangang village has population of 149 of which 76 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parangang village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 9.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parangang village is 961 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Parangang as per census is 556, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Parangang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Parangang village was 90.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Parangang Male literacy stands at 91.04 % while female literacy rate was 89.71 %.

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

Parangang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 149 76 73
Child (0-6) 14 9 5
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 147 75 72
Literacy 90.37 % 91.04 % 89.71 %
Total Workers 72 43 29
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 22 2 20

Caste Factor

In Parangang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.66 % of total population in Parangang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Parangang village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Parangang village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 69.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.