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East Khasi Hills villages

Meghalaya · East Khasi Hills · Shella Bholaganj

Sohbar

1,072
people at the 2011 Census · 532 male, 540 female

Population

Population
1,072India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
65.73%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
63.96%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
67.49%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
-3.53 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1015 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1068 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
16.98%India 13.59%
SC %
0.00%India 16.63%
ST %
98.88%India 8.63%
Household
5.55India 4.85

Work

Workers
37.87%India 39.80%
Female Work
25.74%India 25.52%
Main Workers
98.52%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
62.13%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.

Sohbar in context

With 1,072 people at the 2011 Census, Sohbar was the 83rd most populous of its district's 975 villages, above the district average of 471.

Literacy stood at 65.73%, 12.0 points below the district's rural average of 77.73%.

The sex ratio was 1015 women per 1,000 men (level with 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 1068, 145 above the rural national 923.