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Kharnongwah Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Kharnongwah is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Kharnongwah village has population of 279 of which 129 are males while 150 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharnongwah village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 14.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharnongwah village is 1163 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharnongwah as per census is 905, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kharnongwah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharnongwah village was 88.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kharnongwah Male literacy stands at 91.67 % while female literacy rate was 85.50 %.

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

Kharnongwah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 279 129 150
Child (0-6) 40 21 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 279 129 150
Literacy 88.28 % 91.67 % 85.50 %
Total Workers 162 80 82
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kharnongwah village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.