Weikian Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Weikian is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Weikian village has population of 218 of which 107 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Weikian village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 22.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Weikian village is 1037 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Weikian as per census is 1174, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Weikian village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Weikian village was 77.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Weikian Male literacy stands at 76.19 % while female literacy rate was 79.76 %.

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

Weikian Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	51	-	-
Population	218	107	111
Child (0-6)	50	23	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	218	107	111
Literacy	77.98 %	76.19 %	79.76 %
Total Workers	91	58	33
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	1	1	0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Weikian village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 98.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.