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Pingwait Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pingwait is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 196 families residing. The Pingwait village has population of 1192 of which 603 are males while 589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pingwait village population of children with age 0-6 is 292 which makes up 24.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pingwait village is 977 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pingwait as per census is 1116, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pingwait village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pingwait village was 85.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pingwait Male literacy stands at 82.58 % while female literacy rate was 88.74 %.

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

Pingwait Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,192 603 589
Child (0-6) 292 138 154
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,188 601 587
Literacy 85.56 % 82.58 % 88.74 %
Total Workers 566 307 259
Main Worker 560 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

In Pingwait village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Pingwait village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pingwait village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pingwait village out of total population, 566 were engaged in work activities. 98.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 456 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.