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Pyrdiwah Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Pyrdiwah is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Pyrdiwah village has population of 516 of which 294 are males while 222 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pyrdiwah village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 18.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pyrdiwah village is 755 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pyrdiwah as per census is 920, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pyrdiwah village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pyrdiwah village was 67.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pyrdiwah Male literacy stands at 79.10 % while female literacy rate was 51.14 %.

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

Pyrdiwah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 516 294 222
Child (0-6) 96 50 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 198 97 101
Literacy 67.38 % 79.10 % 51.14 %
Total Workers 302 207 95
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 31 11 20

Caste Factor

In Pyrdiwah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.37 % of total population in Pyrdiwah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pyrdiwah village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Pyrdiwah village out of total population, 302 were engaged in work activities. 89.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 302 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.