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Mawkyllei Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkyllei is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 183 families residing. The Mawkyllei village has population of 1168 of which 571 are males while 597 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkyllei village population of children with age 0-6 is 283 which makes up 24.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkyllei village is 1046 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkyllei as per census is 1021, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkyllei village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkyllei village was 80.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkyllei Male literacy stands at 76.10 % while female literacy rate was 85.02 %.

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

Mawkyllei Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 1,168 571 597
Child (0-6) 283 140 143
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,162 567 595
Literacy 80.68 % 76.10 % 85.02 %
Total Workers 533 268 265
Main Worker 524 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

In Mawkyllei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.49 % of total population in Mawkyllei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkyllei village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkyllei village out of total population, 533 were engaged in work activities. 98.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 533 workers engaged in Main Work, 488 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.