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Mawkhap Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkhap is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Mawkhap village has population of 248 of which 124 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkhap village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 24.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkhap village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkhap as per census is 1033, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkhap village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkhap village was 84.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkhap Male literacy stands at 86.17 % while female literacy rate was 82.80 %.

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 40 - -
Population 248 124 124
Child (0-6) 61 30 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 248 124 124
Literacy 84.49 % 86.17 % 82.80 %
Total Workers 62 50 12
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Mawkhap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % 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, 62 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.