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Wahkhim Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahkhim is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 64 families residing. The Wahkhim village has population of 259 of which 124 are males while 135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahkhim village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 16.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahkhim village is 1089 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahkhim as per census is 1263, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahkhim village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahkhim village was 99.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahkhim Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 98.20 %.

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

Wahkhim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 259 124 135
Child (0-6) 43 19 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 258 123 135
Literacy 99.07 % 100.00 % 98.20 %
Total Workers 82 62 20
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Wahkhim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Wahkhim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahkhim village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahkhim village out of total population, 82 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 82 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.