Pashum Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pashum is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Pashum village has population of 273 of which 132 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pashum village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 16.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pashum village is 1068 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pashum as per census is 1706, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pashum village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pashum village was 84.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pashum Male literacy stands at 81.74 % while female literacy rate was 87.50 %.

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

Pashum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	273	132	141
Child (0-6)	46	17	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	273	132	141
Literacy	84.58 %	81.74 %	87.50 %
Total Workers	122	73	49
Main Worker	53	-	-
Marginal Worker	69	33	36

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pashum village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 43.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.