Mawkaton Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkaton is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 81 families residing. The Mawkaton village has population of 542 of which 272 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkaton village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 19.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkaton village is 993 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkaton as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkaton village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkaton village was 70.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkaton Male literacy stands at 68.64 % while female literacy rate was 72.48 %.

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

Mawkaton Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	81	-	-
Population	542	272	270
Child (0-6)	104	52	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	535	269	266
Literacy	70.55 %	68.64 %	72.48 %
Total Workers	237	120	117
Main Worker	146	-	-
Marginal Worker	91	36	55

Caste Factor

In Mawkaton village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.71 % of total population in Mawkaton village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkaton village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkaton village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 61.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.