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Wahrisain Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahrisain is a small village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Wahrisain village has population of 106 of which 58 are males while 48 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahrisain village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 20.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahrisain village is 828 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahrisain as per census is 692, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahrisain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahrisain village was 63.10 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahrisain Male literacy stands at 57.78 % while female literacy rate was 69.23 %.

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

Wahrisain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 106 58 48
Child (0-6) 22 13 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 106 58 48
Literacy 63.10 % 57.78 % 69.23 %
Total Workers 51 30 21
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 18 14 4

Caste Factor

In Wahrisain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Wahrisain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahrisain village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahrisain village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 64.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.