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Sohphoh Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Sohphoh is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 116 families residing. The Sohphoh village has population of 634 of which 325 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohphoh village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 27.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohphoh village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohphoh as per census is 911, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohphoh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohphoh village was 50.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohphoh Male literacy stands at 40.43 % while female literacy rate was 61.67 %.

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

Sohphoh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 634 325 309
Child (0-6) 172 90 82
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 628 321 307
Literacy 50.87 % 40.43 % 61.67 %
Total Workers 317 160 157
Main Worker 317 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Sohphoh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.05 % of total population in Sohphoh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohphoh village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohphoh village out of total population, 317 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 317 workers engaged in Main Work, 316 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.