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Sohkhmie Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohkhmie is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Sohkhmie village has population of 267 of which 142 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohkhmie village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 16.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohkhmie village is 880 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohkhmie as per census is 870, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohkhmie village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohkhmie village was 97.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohkhmie Male literacy stands at 97.48 % while female literacy rate was 97.14 %.

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

Sohkhmie Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 267 142 125
Child (0-6) 43 23 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 267 142 125
Literacy 97.32 % 97.48 % 97.14 %
Total Workers 125 82 43
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Sohkhmie village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 96.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.