POPULATION (2001)

(a).    132 numbers of Villages under the Block.

(b).    98% are Scheduled Tribes.

(c).    Total Population : 56448

          Male : 28040

          Female : 28408

          SC :  5

          ST :  55945

(d).    Religion : (i) 70% follows Indigenous Tribal faith

                       (ii) 30% are Christians.

(e).    Language : 90% of the people under the Block speaks their own Mother Tongue known as WAR (Khasi)

(f).    Employment : 80% are farmers.