Tanglei Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Tanglei is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Tanglei village has population of 384 of which 188 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tanglei village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 27.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tanglei village is 1043 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tanglei as per census is 1208, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tanglei village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tanglei village was 63.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tanglei Male literacy stands at 45.00 % while female literacy rate was 81.88 %.

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

Tanglei Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	384	188	196
Child (0-6)	106	48	58
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	383	188	195
Literacy	63.31 %	45.00 %	81.88 %
Total Workers	172	90	82
Main Worker	140	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	18	14

Caste Factor

In Tanglei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.74 % of total population in Tanglei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tanglei village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Tanglei village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 81.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.