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Sohkynduh Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohkynduh is a medium size village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Sohkynduh village has population of 561 of which 294 are males while 267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohkynduh village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 27.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohkynduh village is 908 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohkynduh as per census is 938, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohkynduh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohkynduh village was 48.77 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohkynduh Male literacy stands at 52.80 % while female literacy rate was 44.27 %.

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

Sohkynduh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 561 294 267
Child (0-6) 155 80 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 560 293 267
Literacy 48.77 % 52.80 % 44.27 %
Total Workers 269 150 119
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

In Sohkynduh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.82 % of total population in Sohkynduh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohkynduh village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohkynduh village out of total population, 269 were engaged in work activities. 97.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 269 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.