Saikarap Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Saikarap is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 60 families residing. The Saikarap village has population of 262 of which 148 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saikarap village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 21.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saikarap village is 770 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Saikarap as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Saikarap village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Saikarap village was 94.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Saikarap Male literacy stands at 95.76 % while female literacy rate was 91.95 %.

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

Saikarap Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	60	-	-
Population	262	148	114
Child (0-6)	57	30	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	247	133	114
Literacy	94.15 %	95.76 %	91.95 %
Total Workers	152	97	55
Main Worker	148	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

In Saikarap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.27 % of total population in Saikarap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saikarap village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Saikarap village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 97.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.