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East Khasi Hills villages

Meghalaya · East Khasi Hills · Pynursla

Saitwait

375
people at the 2011 Census · 175 male, 200 female

Population

Population
375India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
47.06%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
47.41%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
46.75%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
0.66 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1143 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1150 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
22.93%India 13.59%
SC %
0.00%India 16.63%
ST %
99.73%India 8.63%
Household
4.75India 4.85

Work

Workers
25.33%India 39.80%
Female Work
9.50%India 25.52%
Main Workers
100.00%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
74.67%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Saitwait in context

With 375 people at the 2011 Census, Saitwait was the 387th most populous of its district's 975 villages, below the district average of 471.

Literacy stood at 47.06%, 30.7 points below the district's rural average of 77.73%.

The sex ratio was 1143 women per 1,000 men (132 above the district's rural figure of 1011) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1150, 227 above the rural national 923.

25.3% of the population were recorded as workers, 16.2 points below the district's rural rate.