Syntung Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Syntung is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 172 families residing. The Syntung village has population of 948 of which 501 are males while 447 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Syntung village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 21.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Syntung village is 892 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Syntung as per census is 1020, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Syntung village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Syntung village was 76.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Syntung Male literacy stands at 68.42 % while female literacy rate was 86.01 %.

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

Syntung Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	172	-	-
Population	948	501	447
Child (0-6)	206	102	104
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	939	497	442
Literacy	76.55 %	68.42 %	86.01 %
Total Workers	390	278	112
Main Worker	368	-	-
Marginal Worker	22	16	6

Caste Factor

In Syntung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.05 % of total population in Syntung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Syntung village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Syntung village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 94.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.