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Mawkyi Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkyi is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 82 families residing. The Mawkyi village has population of 481 of which 268 are males while 213 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkyi village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 27.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkyi village is 795 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkyi as per census is 833, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkyi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkyi village was 57.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkyi Male literacy stands at 55.10 % while female literacy rate was 61.44 %.

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

Mawkyi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 481 268 213
Child (0-6) 132 72 60
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 481 268 213
Literacy 57.88 % 55.10 % 61.44 %
Total Workers 216 132 84
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawkyi village out of total population, 216 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 216 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourer.