Pyngkya Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pyngkya is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Pyngkya village has population of 294 of which 151 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyngkya village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 23.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyngkya village is 947 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyngkya as per census is 865, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyngkya village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyngkya village was 72.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyngkya Male literacy stands at 70.18 % while female literacy rate was 73.87 %.

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

Pyngkya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	56	-	-
Population	294	151	143
Child (0-6)	69	37	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	293	150	143
Literacy	72.00 %	70.18 %	73.87 %
Total Workers	143	81	62
Main Worker	102	-	-
Marginal Worker	41	21	20

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pyngkya village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 71.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.