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Pdengshakap Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Pdengshakap is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 257 families residing. The Pdengshakap village has population of 1472 of which 728 are males while 744 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pdengshakap village population of children with age 0-6 is 336 which makes up 22.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pdengshakap village is 1022 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pdengshakap as per census is 909, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pdengshakap village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pdengshakap village was 54.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pdengshakap Male literacy stands at 48.55 % while female literacy rate was 60.27 %.

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

Pdengshakap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,472 728 744
Child (0-6) 336 176 160
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,463 723 740
Literacy 54.58 % 48.55 % 60.27 %
Total Workers 811 413 398
Main Worker 489 - -
Marginal Worker 322 56 266

Caste Factor

In Pdengshakap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.39 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.07 % of total population in Pdengshakap village.

Work Profile

In Pdengshakap village out of total population, 811 were engaged in work activities. 60.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 811 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 260 were Agricultural labourer.