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Sohlaper Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohlaper is a small village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Sohlaper village has population of 160 of which 73 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohlaper village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 31.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohlaper village is 1192 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohlaper as per census is 1429, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohlaper village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohlaper village was 77.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohlaper Male literacy stands at 67.31 % while female literacy rate was 87.72 %.

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

Sohlaper Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 160 73 87
Child (0-6) 51 21 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 160 73 87
Literacy 77.98 % 67.31 % 87.72 %
Total Workers 53 34 19
Main Worker 43 - -
Marginal Worker 10 3 7

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Sohlaper village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 81.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.