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Mawkohiew Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkohiew is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Mawkohiew village has population of 209 of which 101 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkohiew village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 22.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkohiew village is 1069 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkohiew as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkohiew village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkohiew village was 92.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkohiew Male literacy stands at 91.03 % while female literacy rate was 92.94 %.

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

Mawkohiew Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 209 101 108
Child (0-6) 46 23 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 208 100 108
Literacy 92.02 % 91.03 % 92.94 %
Total Workers 129 61 68
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

In Mawkohiew village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.52 % of total population in Mawkohiew village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkohiew village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkohiew village out of total population, 129 were engaged in work activities. 93.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 129 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.