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Kawak Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kawak is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Kawak village has population of 278 of which 143 are males while 135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kawak village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 21.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kawak village is 944 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kawak as per census is 848, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kawak village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kawak village was 49.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kawak Male literacy stands at 47.27 % while female literacy rate was 51.40 %.

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

Kawak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 278 143 135
Child (0-6) 61 33 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 273 141 132
Literacy 49.31 % 47.27 % 51.40 %
Total Workers 67 52 15
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Kawak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.20 % of total population in Kawak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kawak village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kawak village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 98.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.