West Khasi Hills is one of 11 districts located in northeastern Indian state Meghalaya. There are total 4 blocks which comes under West Khasi Hills district, and there are total 814 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of West Khasi Hills district is 296 and number of houses in this district is 41238.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 244676. Out of total 244676, male population count is 123797, where as female population count is 120879 in West Khasi Hills.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 57366 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 57366 children 29223 are boys and 28143 are girl child.
Literacy rate of West Khasi Hills district is 59%. 144511 out of total 244676 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 59% and 73298 males are literate out of total 123797 male population, where as female literacy rate is 41% and 71213 out of total 120879 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of West Khasi Hills district is 40%. 100165 out of total 244676 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 40% and 50499 males are illiterate out of total 123797 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 41% and 49666 out of total 120879 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of West Khasi Hills district is 110205 and non-working population is 134471 and out of 110205 working population 56301 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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