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Sookhlieh Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Sookhlieh is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Sookhlieh village has population of 260 of which 132 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sookhlieh village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 25.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sookhlieh village is 970 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sookhlieh as per census is 971, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sookhlieh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sookhlieh village was 43.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sookhlieh Male literacy stands at 28.57 % while female literacy rate was 58.95 %.

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

Sookhlieh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 260 132 128
Child (0-6) 67 34 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 259 132 127
Literacy 43.52 % 28.57 % 58.95 %
Total Workers 121 63 58
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Sookhlieh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.62 % of total population in Sookhlieh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sookhlieh village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Sookhlieh village out of total population, 121 were engaged in work activities. 99.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.