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Sohmynting Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Sohmynting is a large village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 526 families residing. The Sohmynting village has population of 3310 of which 1688 are males while 1622 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohmynting village population of children with age 0-6 is 789 which makes up 23.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohmynting village is 961 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohmynting as per census is 826, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sohmynting village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohmynting village was 54.03 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sohmynting Male literacy stands at 45.46 % while female literacy rate was 62.53 %.

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

Sohmynting Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 526 - -
Population 3,310 1,688 1,622
Child (0-6) 789 432 357
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 3,297 1,684 1,613
Literacy 54.03 % 45.46 % 62.53 %
Total Workers 1,432 808 624
Main Worker 1,405 - -
Marginal Worker 27 15 12

Caste Factor

In Sohmynting village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Sohmynting village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohmynting village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Sohmynting village out of total population, 1432 were engaged in work activities. 98.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1432 workers engaged in Main Work, 672 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 448 were Agricultural labourer.