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Wahsiej Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahsiej is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 108 families residing. The Wahsiej village has population of 636 of which 307 are males while 329 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahsiej village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 21.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahsiej village is 1072 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahsiej as per census is 942, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahsiej village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahsiej village was 97.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahsiej Male literacy stands at 96.64 % while female literacy rate was 98.48 %.

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

Wahsiej Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 636 307 329
Child (0-6) 134 69 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 632 306 326
Literacy 97.61 % 96.64 % 98.48 %
Total Workers 180 122 58
Main Worker 179 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Wahsiej village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % of total population in Wahsiej village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahsiej village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahsiej village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 99.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.