Thawkhong is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Thawkhong village has population of 181 of which 93 are males while 88 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Thawkhong village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 29.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thawkhong village is 946 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Thawkhong as per census is 1038, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.
Thawkhong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Thawkhong village was 78.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Thawkhong Male literacy stands at 80.60 % while female literacy rate was 75.41 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Thawkhong 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 Thawkhong village.
Thawkhong Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
31 |
- |
- |
| Population |
181 |
93 |
88 |
| Child (0-6) |
53 |
26 |
27 |
| Schedule Caste |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Schedule Tribe |
181 |
93 |
88 |
| Literacy |
78.13 % |
80.60 % |
75.41 % |
| Total Workers |
74 |
38 |
36 |
| Main Worker |
2 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
72 |
37 |
35 |
Caste Factor
In Thawkhong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Thawkhong village.
There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Thawkhong village of West Khasi Hills.
Work Profile
In Thawkhong village out of total population, 74 were engaged in work activities. 2.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 74 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.