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Sohksar Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohksar is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Sohksar village has population of 330 of which 159 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohksar village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 28.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohksar village is 1075 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohksar as per census is 1021, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohksar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohksar village was 85.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohksar Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 86.18 %.

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

Sohksar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 330 159 171
Child (0-6) 95 47 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 330 159 171
Literacy 85.96 % 85.71 % 86.18 %
Total Workers 119 57 62
Main Worker 116 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Sohksar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Sohksar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohksar village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohksar village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 97.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.