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Praing Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Praing is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 129 families residing. The Praing village has population of 754 of which 385 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Praing village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 23.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Praing village is 958 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Praing as per census is 904, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Praing village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Praing village was 60.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Praing Male literacy stands at 52.23 % while female literacy rate was 69.72 %.

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

Praing Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 754 385 369
Child (0-6) 179 94 85
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 737 377 360
Literacy 60.87 % 52.23 % 69.72 %
Total Workers 258 193 65
Main Worker 206 - -
Marginal Worker 52 38 14

Caste Factor

In Praing village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.75 % of total population in Praing village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Praing village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Praing village out of total population, 258 were engaged in work activities. 79.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 258 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.