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Amkhang Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Amkhang is a small village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Amkhang village has population of 175 of which 91 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amkhang village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 22.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amkhang village is 923 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amkhang as per census is 1222, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amkhang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amkhang village was 36.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amkhang Male literacy stands at 53.42 % while female literacy rate was 16.13 %.

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

Amkhang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 175 91 84
Child (0-6) 40 18 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 172 90 82
Literacy 36.30 % 53.42 % 16.13 %
Total Workers 97 51 46
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 32 2 30

Caste Factor

In Amkhang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.29 % of total population in Amkhang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amkhang village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Amkhang village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 67.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.