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Mawkohphet Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkohphet is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 94 families residing. The Mawkohphet village has population of 568 of which 294 are males while 274 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkohphet village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 22.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkohphet village is 932 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkohphet as per census is 1364, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkohphet village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkohphet village was 96.80 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkohphet Male literacy stands at 95.40 % while female literacy rate was 98.49 %.

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

Mawkohphet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 568 294 274
Child (0-6) 130 55 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 568 294 274
Literacy 96.80 % 95.40 % 98.49 %
Total Workers 345 189 156
Main Worker 7 - -
Marginal Worker 338 185 153

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawkohphet village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 2.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.