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Mawkyrwat Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkyrwat is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 261 families residing. The Mawkyrwat village has population of 1666 of which 804 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkyrwat village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 15.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkyrwat village is 1072 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkyrwat as per census is 969, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkyrwat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkyrwat village was 94.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkyrwat Male literacy stands at 94.81 % while female literacy rate was 94.44 %.

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

Mawkyrwat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,666 804 862
Child (0-6) 254 129 125
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,662 801 861
Literacy 94.62 % 94.81 % 94.44 %
Total Workers 303 189 114
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 61 44 17

Caste Factor

In Mawkyrwat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.76 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.06 % of total population in Mawkyrwat village.

Work Profile

In Mawkyrwat village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 79.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.