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Wahlakhiat Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahlakhiat is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 177 families residing. The Wahlakhiat village has population of 1028 of which 505 are males while 523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahlakhiat village population of children with age 0-6 is 231 which makes up 22.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahlakhiat village is 1036 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahlakhiat as per census is 1063, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahlakhiat village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahlakhiat village was 69.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahlakhiat Male literacy stands at 64.38 % while female literacy rate was 73.51 %.

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

Wahlakhiat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 1,028 505 523
Child (0-6) 231 112 119
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,020 499 521
Literacy 69.01 % 64.38 % 73.51 %
Total Workers 677 326 351
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 213 69 144

Caste Factor

In Wahlakhiat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.22 % of total population in Wahlakhiat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahlakhiat village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahlakhiat village out of total population, 677 were engaged in work activities. 68.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 677 workers engaged in Main Work, 422 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.