Sohphoh Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Sohphoh is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Sohphoh village has population of 497 of which 255 are males while 242 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohphoh village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 25.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohphoh village is 949 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohphoh as per census is 817, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohphoh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohphoh village was 65.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohphoh Male literacy stands at 63.04 % while female literacy rate was 67.93 %.

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

Sohphoh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	78	-	-
Population	497	255	242
Child (0-6)	129	71	58
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	495	255	240
Literacy	65.49 %	63.04 %	67.93 %
Total Workers	211	117	94
Main Worker	205	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	4	2

Caste Factor

In Sohphoh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.60 % of total population in Sohphoh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohphoh village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Sohphoh village out of total population, 211 were engaged in work activities. 97.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 211 workers engaged in Main Work, 204 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.