Pataghat Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pataghat is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 92 families residing. The Pataghat village has population of 501 of which 240 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pataghat village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 19.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pataghat village is 1088 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pataghat as per census is 1326, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pataghat village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pataghat village was 53.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pataghat Male literacy stands at 61.93 % while female literacy rate was 44.61 %.

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

Pataghat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	92	-	-
Population	501	240	261
Child (0-6)	100	43	57
Schedule Caste	181	90	91
Schedule Tribe	263	122	141
Literacy	53.12 %	61.93 %	44.61 %
Total Workers	238	120	118
Main Worker	109	-	-
Marginal Worker	129	29	100

Caste Factor

In Pataghat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.13 % of total population in Pataghat village.

Work Profile

In Pataghat village out of total population, 238 were engaged in work activities. 45.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 238 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.