Mookhain Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Mookhain is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 70 families residing. The Mookhain village has population of 436 of which 219 are males while 217 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mookhain village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 26.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mookhain village is 991 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mookhain as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mookhain village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mookhain village was 32.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mookhain Male literacy stands at 32.10 % while female literacy rate was 33.75 %.

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

Mookhain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	70	-	-
Population	436	219	217
Child (0-6)	114	57	57
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	434	218	216
Literacy	32.92 %	32.10 %	33.75 %
Total Workers	168	94	74
Main Worker	151	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	7	10

Caste Factor

In Mookhain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.54 % of total population in Mookhain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mookhain village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Mookhain village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 89.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.