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Wahlang Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahlang is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 113 families residing. The Wahlang village has population of 617 of which 310 are males while 307 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahlang village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 23.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahlang village is 990 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahlang as per census is 921, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahlang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahlang village was 75.16 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahlang Male literacy stands at 70.51 % while female literacy rate was 79.75 %.

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

Wahlang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 617 310 307
Child (0-6) 146 76 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 616 309 307
Literacy 75.16 % 70.51 % 79.75 %
Total Workers 270 144 126
Main Worker 264 - -
Marginal Worker 6 5 1

Caste Factor

In Wahlang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.84 % of total population in Wahlang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahlang village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahlang village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 97.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.