Pynthorumkhrah is a
census town
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India
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in
East Khasi Hills district
East Khasi Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The district headquarters are located at Shillong. The district occupies an area of 2752 km² and has a population of 825,922 (as of 2011). , it is the most ...
in the
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Meghalaya
Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...
. The Census Town has total administration over 5,755 houses.
Demographics
According to
2011 Census, the town has total population of 27,219 of which 13,706 are males while 13,513 are females.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3391 which is 12.46 % of total population of this town.
Sex ratio
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is of 986 which is slightly lower than the Meghalaya state average of 989. Moreover
child sex ratio
In India, the child sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males in the age group 0–6 years in a human population. Thus it is equal to 1000 x the reciprocal of the sex ratio (ratio of males to females in a population) in t ...
in Pynthormukhrah is around 921, which is very less than the state average of 970. Literacy rate of this town is 88.74 %, which is higher than state average of 74.43 %. In the town, Male literacy is around 91.58 % while female literacy rate is 85.89 %.
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East Khasi Hills district
Cities and towns in East Khasi Hills district