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Swer Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Swer is a medium size village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 275 families residing. The Swer village has population of 1365 of which 684 are males while 681 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Swer village population of children with age 0-6 is 296 which makes up 21.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Swer village is 996 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Swer as per census is 947, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Swer village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Swer village was 78.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Swer Male literacy stands at 78.57 % while female literacy rate was 78.58 %.

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

Swer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,365 684 681
Child (0-6) 296 152 144
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,365 684 681
Literacy 78.58 % 78.57 % 78.58 %
Total Workers 558 324 234
Main Worker 514 - -
Marginal Worker 44 13 31

Caste Factor

In Swer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Swer village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Swer village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Swer village out of total population, 558 were engaged in work activities. 92.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 558 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.