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Mawkyrdang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkyrdang is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 87 families residing. The Mawkyrdang village has population of 554 of which 274 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkyrdang village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 21.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkyrdang village is 1022 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkyrdang as per census is 788, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkyrdang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkyrdang village was 60.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkyrdang Male literacy stands at 52.88 % while female literacy rate was 67.11 %.

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

Mawkyrdang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 554 274 280
Child (0-6) 118 66 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 551 271 280
Literacy 60.32 % 52.88 % 67.11 %
Total Workers 233 117 116
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Mawkyrdang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.46 % of total population in Mawkyrdang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkyrdang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkyrdang village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 98.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.