Wahkdait Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahkdait is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 156 families residing. The Wahkdait village has population of 879 of which 423 are males while 456 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahkdait village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 20.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahkdait village is 1078 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahkdait as per census is 692, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahkdait village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahkdait village was 78.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahkdait Male literacy stands at 77.12 % while female literacy rate was 79.17 %.

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

Wahkdait Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	156	-	-
Population	879	423	456
Child (0-6)	176	104	72
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	876	422	454
Literacy	78.24 %	77.12 %	79.17 %
Total Workers	351	201	150
Main Worker	146	-	-
Marginal Worker	205	104	101

Caste Factor

In Wahkdait village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Wahkdait village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahkdait village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahkdait village out of total population, 351 were engaged in work activities. 41.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 351 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.