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Rapleng Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Rapleng is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 150 families residing. The Rapleng village has population of 807 of which 395 are males while 412 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rapleng village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 19.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rapleng village is 1043 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rapleng as per census is 927, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rapleng village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rapleng village was 85.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rapleng Male literacy stands at 82.11 % while female literacy rate was 89.29 %.

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

Rapleng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 807 395 412
Child (0-6) 158 82 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 798 389 409
Literacy 85.82 % 82.11 % 89.29 %
Total Workers 537 259 278
Main Worker 387 - -
Marginal Worker 150 50 100

Caste Factor

In Rapleng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.88 % of total population in Rapleng village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rapleng village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Rapleng village out of total population, 537 were engaged in work activities. 72.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 537 workers engaged in Main Work, 306 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.