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Mawtikhar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawtikhar is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Mawtikhar village has population of 499 of which 255 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawtikhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 25.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawtikhar village is 957 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawtikhar as per census is 841, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawtikhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawtikhar village was 99.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawtikhar Male literacy stands at 98.39 % while female literacy rate was 100.00 %.

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

Mawtikhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 499 255 244
Child (0-6) 127 69 58
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 496 254 242
Literacy 99.19 % 98.39 % 100.00 %
Total Workers 221 108 113
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 137 25 112

Caste Factor

In Mawtikhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.40 % of total population in Mawtikhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawtikhar village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawtikhar village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 38.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.