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Khweng Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Khweng is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 98 families residing. The Khweng village has population of 551 of which 267 are males while 284 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khweng village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 22.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khweng village is 1064 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Khweng as per census is 879, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Khweng village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Khweng village was 79.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Khweng Male literacy stands at 79.60 % while female literacy rate was 80.09 %.

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

Khweng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 551 267 284
Child (0-6) 124 66 58
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 545 264 281
Literacy 79.86 % 79.60 % 80.09 %
Total Workers 214 108 106
Main Worker 213 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Khweng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.36 % of total population in Khweng village.

Work Profile

In Khweng village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 99.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.