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Sohlwai Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohlwai is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Sohlwai village has population of 233 of which 125 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohlwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 26.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohlwai village is 864 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohlwai as per census is 525, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohlwai village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohlwai village was 87.21 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohlwai Male literacy stands at 83.53 % while female literacy rate was 90.80 %.

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

Sohlwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 233 125 108
Child (0-6) 61 40 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 232 124 108
Literacy 87.21 % 83.53 % 90.80 %
Total Workers 107 55 52
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Sohlwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.57 % of total population in Sohlwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohlwai village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohlwai village out of total population, 107 were engaged in work activities. 99.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.