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Mawkhan Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkhan is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Mawkhan village has population of 713 of which 351 are males while 362 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 25.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkhan village is 1031 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkhan as per census is 926, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkhan village was 70.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkhan Male literacy stands at 67.19 % while female literacy rate was 72.99 %.

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

Mawkhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 713 351 362
Child (0-6) 183 95 88
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 710 348 362
Literacy 70.19 % 67.19 % 72.99 %
Total Workers 322 165 157
Main Worker 241 - -
Marginal Worker 81 5 76

Caste Factor

In Mawkhan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Mawkhan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkhan village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkhan village out of total population, 322 were engaged in work activities. 74.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 322 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.