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Mawkabait Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkabait is a small village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Mawkabait village has population of 127 of which 69 are males while 58 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkabait village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 25.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkabait village is 841 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkabait as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkabait village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkabait village was 63.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkabait Male literacy stands at 67.31 % while female literacy rate was 59.52 %.

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

Mawkabait Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 127 69 58
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 126 69 57
Literacy 63.83 % 67.31 % 59.52 %
Total Workers 51 25 26
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Mawkabait village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.21 % of total population in Mawkabait village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkabait village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkabait village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 98.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.