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Mawkapiah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkapiah is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Mawkapiah village has population of 285 of which 144 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkapiah village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 27.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkapiah village is 979 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkapiah as per census is 881, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkapiah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkapiah village was 88.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkapiah Male literacy stands at 87.25 % while female literacy rate was 89.42 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mawkapiah 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 Mawkapiah village.

Mawkapiah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 285 144 141
Child (0-6) 79 42 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 285 144 141
Literacy 88.35 % 87.25 % 89.42 %
Total Workers 92 51 41
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 31 0 31

Caste Factor

In Mawkapiah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Mawkapiah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkapiah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkapiah village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 66.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.