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Sohlong Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Sohlong is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 70 families residing. The Sohlong village has population of 351 of which 176 are males while 175 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohlong village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 20.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohlong village is 994 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohlong as per census is 1118, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohlong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohlong village was 90.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohlong Male literacy stands at 92.25 % while female literacy rate was 88.32 %.

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

Sohlong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 70 - -
Population 351 176 175
Child (0-6) 72 34 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 351 176 175
Literacy 90.32 % 92.25 % 88.32 %
Total Workers 172 78 94
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 138 51 87

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Sohlong village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 19.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.