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Khapmaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Khapmaw is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 66 families residing. The Khapmaw village has population of 363 of which 186 are males while 177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khapmaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 21.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khapmaw village is 952 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Khapmaw as per census is 1053, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Khapmaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Khapmaw village was 60.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Khapmaw Male literacy stands at 57.43 % while female literacy rate was 63.50 %.

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

Khapmaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 363 186 177
Child (0-6) 78 38 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 362 185 177
Literacy 60.35 % 57.43 % 63.50 %
Total Workers 199 116 83
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 44 10 34

Caste Factor

In Khapmaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Khapmaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khapmaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Khapmaw village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 77.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.