Sohpian Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohpian is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Sohpian village has population of 281 of which 145 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohpian village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 22.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohpian village is 938 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohpian as per census is 824, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohpian village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohpian village was 95.43 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohpian Male literacy stands at 95.50 % while female literacy rate was 95.37 %.

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

Sohpian Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	50	-	-
Population	281	145	136
Child (0-6)	62	34	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	279	144	135
Literacy	95.43 %	95.50 %	95.37 %
Total Workers	72	61	11
Main Worker	62	-	-
Marginal Worker	10	10	0

Caste Factor

In Sohpian village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.29 % of total population in Sohpian village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohpian village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohpian village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 86.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.