# Sohlaper Village, Mawryngkneng, East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Mawryngkneng, East Khasi Hills 

# Sohlaper

Sohlaper is a village in Mawryngkneng sub-district of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793015**. The 2011 Census counted **160 people in 29 households**, the 55th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 160people (2011)
- 29households
- 78.0%literacy
- 793015PIN code

## Sohlaper PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sohlaper is 793015.** Sohlaper falls in Mawryngkneng sub-district, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793015
- Community development blockMawryngkneng
- Census village code278408

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sohlaper from nearby towns?

- Mawryngkneng (sub-district HQ)69 km by road
- Shillong (district HQ)20 km by road
- Shillong (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sohlaper?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Sohlaper; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Diengpasoh
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Shillong
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shillong
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shillong
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 17 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Sohlaper

Of every 100 households in Sohlaper in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sohlaper · ■ Mawryngkneng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**38%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****100%**

**55%

Television ****7%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****72%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**80%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sohlaper?

■ Sohlaper · ■ Mawryngkneng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1192**

**1015

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**960

Working population ****33.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 87.7% for women. 47% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (23%) · **■** Other work 4 (8%) · **■** Marginal 10 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mawryngkneng

- Nongplit177 people
- Iaphyndiet175 people
- Pepbah163 people
- Ryngksaw160 people
- Mawkynring154 people
- Mawkathein144 people
- Nongthymmai134 people
- Warmatlah77 people

[All 64 villages in Mawryngkneng](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-khasi-hills/mawryngkneng/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sohlaper?793015
- How far is Sohlaper from Shillong?20 km by road
- What is the population of Sohlaper?160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohlaper in?East Khasi Hills district (Mawryngkneng sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Sohlaper?78.0% (Census 2011)