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Banglasohphie Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Banglasohphie is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 102 families residing. The Banglasohphie village has population of 568 of which 295 are males while 273 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banglasohphie village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 26.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banglasohphie village is 925 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Banglasohphie as per census is 850, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Banglasohphie village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Banglasohphie village was 60.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Banglasohphie Male literacy stands at 62.33 % while female literacy rate was 59.02 %.

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

Banglasohphie Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 568 295 273
Child (0-6) 148 80 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 561 291 270
Literacy 60.71 % 62.33 % 59.02 %
Total Workers 271 135 136
Main Worker 259 - -
Marginal Worker 12 4 8

Caste Factor

In Banglasohphie village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.77 % of total population in Banglasohphie village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Banglasohphie village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Banglasohphie village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 95.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.