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Mawkumkha Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkumkha is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 63 families residing. The Mawkumkha village has population of 400 of which 204 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkumkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 23.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkumkha village is 961 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkumkha as per census is 1065, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkumkha village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkumkha village was 74.75 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkumkha Male literacy stands at 82.91 % while female literacy rate was 65.99 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mawkumkha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mawkumkha village.

Mawkumkha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 400 204 196
Child (0-6) 95 46 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 399 203 196
Literacy 74.75 % 82.91 % 65.99 %
Total Workers 90 76 14
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 18 13 5

Caste Factor

In Mawkumkha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.75 % of total population in Mawkumkha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkumkha village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkumkha village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 80.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.