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Sohbar Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohbar is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 193 families residing. The Sohbar village has population of 1072 of which 532 are males while 540 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohbar village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 16.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohbar village is 1015 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohbar as per census is 1068, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohbar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohbar village was 65.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohbar Male literacy stands at 63.96 % while female literacy rate was 67.49 %.

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

Sohbar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 1,072 532 540
Child (0-6) 182 88 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,060 529 531
Literacy 65.73 % 63.96 % 67.49 %
Total Workers 406 267 139
Main Worker 400 - -
Marginal Worker 6 4 2

Caste Factor

In Sohbar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.88 % of total population in Sohbar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohbar village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohbar village out of total population, 406 were engaged in work activities. 98.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 406 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.