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Wahsohlait Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahsohlait is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 118 families residing. The Wahsohlait village has population of 534 of which 282 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahsohlait village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 22.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahsohlait village is 894 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahsohlait as per census is 776, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahsohlait village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahsohlait village was 90.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahsohlait Male literacy stands at 90.70 % while female literacy rate was 91.00 %.

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

Wahsohlait Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 534 282 252
Child (0-6) 119 67 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 533 282 251
Literacy 90.84 % 90.70 % 91.00 %
Total Workers 165 124 41
Main Worker 146 - -
Marginal Worker 19 10 9

Caste Factor

In Wahsohlait village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.81 % of total population in Wahsohlait village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahsohlait village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahsohlait village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 88.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.