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Mawkhap Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Mawkhap is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Mawkhap village has population of 216 of which 122 are males while 94 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkhap village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 23.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkhap village is 770 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkhap as per census is 724, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkhap village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkhap village was 60.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkhap Male literacy stands at 62.37 % while female literacy rate was 57.53 %.

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

Mawkhap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 216 122 94
Child (0-6) 50 29 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 209 119 90
Literacy 60.24 % 62.37 % 57.53 %
Total Workers 98 55 43
Main Worker 96 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Mawkhap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.76 % of total population in Mawkhap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkhap village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Mawkhap village out of total population, 98 were engaged in work activities. 97.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.