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Kurikhal Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Kurikhal is a small village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Kurikhal village has population of 158 of which 89 are males while 69 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurikhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 18.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurikhal village is 775 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurikhal as per census is 765, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kurikhal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurikhal village was 50.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kurikhal Male literacy stands at 55.56 % while female literacy rate was 44.64 %.

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

Kurikhal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 158 89 69
Child (0-6) 30 17 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 13 9 4
Literacy 50.78 % 55.56 % 44.64 %
Total Workers 44 41 3
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.23 % of total population in Kurikhal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurikhal village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Kurikhal village out of total population, 44 were engaged in work activities. 93.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 44 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.