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Pdengkseh Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Pdengkseh is a small village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Pdengkseh village has population of 176 of which 87 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pdengkseh village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 26.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pdengkseh village is 1023 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pdengkseh as per census is 1136, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pdengkseh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pdengkseh village was 65.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pdengkseh Male literacy stands at 69.23 % while female literacy rate was 62.50 %.

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

Pdengkseh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 176 87 89
Child (0-6) 47 22 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 174 85 89
Literacy 65.89 % 69.23 % 62.50 %
Total Workers 78 38 40
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Pdengkseh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Pdengkseh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pdengkseh village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Pdengkseh village out of total population, 78 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 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.