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Weikut Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Weikut is a small village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Weikut village has population of 132 of which 72 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Weikut village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 27.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Weikut village is 833 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Weikut as per census is 895, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Weikut village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Weikut village was 80.21 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Weikut Male literacy stands at 88.68 % while female literacy rate was 69.77 %.

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

Weikut Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 132 72 60
Child (0-6) 36 19 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 132 72 60
Literacy 80.21 % 88.68 % 69.77 %
Total Workers 77 40 37
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 24 14 10

Caste Factor

In Weikut village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Weikut village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Weikut village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Weikut village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 68.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.