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Pomkaniew Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pomkaniew is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 123 families residing. The Pomkaniew village has population of 678 of which 330 are males while 348 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pomkaniew village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 22.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pomkaniew village is 1055 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pomkaniew as per census is 1027, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pomkaniew village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pomkaniew village was 59.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pomkaniew Male literacy stands at 56.25 % while female literacy rate was 63.24 %.

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

Pomkaniew Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 678 330 348
Child (0-6) 150 74 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 678 330 348
Literacy 59.85 % 56.25 % 63.24 %
Total Workers 339 176 163
Main Worker 335 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pomkaniew village out of total population, 339 were engaged in work activities. 98.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 339 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.