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Mawkohngei Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkohngei is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 112 families residing. The Mawkohngei village has population of 698 of which 348 are males while 350 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkohngei village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 18.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkohngei village is 1006 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkohngei as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkohngei village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkohngei village was 57.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkohngei Male literacy stands at 59.29 % while female literacy rate was 55.59 %.

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

Mawkohngei Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 112 - -
Population 698 348 350
Child (0-6) 132 68 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 695 347 348
Literacy 57.42 % 59.29 % 55.59 %
Total Workers 451 223 228
Main Worker 437 - -
Marginal Worker 14 6 8

Caste Factor

In Mawkohngei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.57 % of total population in Mawkohngei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkohngei village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkohngei village out of total population, 451 were engaged in work activities. 96.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 451 workers engaged in Main Work, 416 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.