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Mawkhap Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkhap is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Mawkhap village has population of 127 of which 68 are males while 59 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkhap village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 22.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkhap village is 868 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkhap as per census is 526, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkhap village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkhap village was 82.65 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkhap Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 79.59 %.

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

Mawkhap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 127 68 59
Child (0-6) 29 19 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 123 66 57
Literacy 82.65 % 85.71 % 79.59 %
Total Workers 93 48 45
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 16 10 6

Caste Factor

In Mawkhap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.85 % of total population in Mawkhap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkhap village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkhap village out of total population, 93 were engaged in work activities. 82.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 93 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.