Banteay Mean Chey

 

Administrative division:

No. of Districts  8
No. of Communes 63
No. of Villages 604

 

Households:   110,994  of which 21.6%  Female Headed.

 

Population:

Total  577,772
Males 283,358
Females 294,414

 

Sex Ratio:     96.2

Dependency Ratio:     88.2%

Population Density:     87 per Km2

Urbanization Rate:     17.1%

 

Population distribution by broad Age Groups: 

0 - 14 15 - 64  65 and above
44.3 53.1 2.5

 

Marital Status:

Sex

Never Married

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Both Sexes 28.0 63.7 6.0 2.0 0.3

Males

31.9

65.7

1.5

0.8

0.1

Females

24.4

61.9

10.1

3.2

0.4

 

Literacy Rate:

Both Sexes

Males

Females

63.8

72.5

55.6

 

General Activity and Unemployment Rate:

Rate

Both Sexes

Males

Females

General Activity

55.2

57.7

52.9

Unemployment

8.0

6.3

9.7

 

Number of Migrants: 192,714 which is 33.4%

of the province population.

 

Distribution of Migrants by Previous Residence:

Previous Residence

Both Sexes

Males

Females

Within the province

50.5

51.5

49.5

From another province

36.1

35.6

36.6

From outside Cambodia

13.4 12.9 13.9

 

Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water:

Piped water

Tube/

Pipe well

Dug well

Spring, river stream

Bought

Other

1.1

11.4

26.5

44.0

6.7

10.3

 

Distribution of Households by Main Source of Light:

City Power

Generator

City Power and Generator

Kerosene

Battery

Other Sources

8.2

1.1

2.7

84.6

2.9

0.5

 

Distribution of Households with Toilet Facility:

Total

Urban

Rural

10.4

27.2

7.1

 

Distribution of Households by Main Type of Fuel for Cooking:

Firewood

Charcoal

Kerosene

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Others

90.6

7.6

1.0

0.5

0.3