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Wahra Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahra is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 67 families residing. The Wahra village has population of 379 of which 185 are males while 194 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 21.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahra village is 1049 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahra as per census is 818, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahra village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahra village was 93.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahra Male literacy stands at 92.20 % while female literacy rate was 94.30 %.

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

Wahra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 379 185 194
Child (0-6) 80 44 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 217 111 106
Literacy 93.31 % 92.20 % 94.30 %
Total Workers 282 137 145
Main Worker 274 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

In Wahra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.26 % of total population in Wahra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahra village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahra village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 97.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 269 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.