Wahkaji Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahkaji is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 94 families residing. The Wahkaji village has population of 626 of which 325 are males while 301 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahkaji village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 23.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahkaji village is 926 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahkaji as per census is 861, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahkaji village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahkaji village was 89.77 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahkaji Male literacy stands at 88.21 % while female literacy rate was 91.42 %.

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

Wahkaji Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	94	-	-
Population	626	325	301
Child (0-6)	147	79	68
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	608	315	293
Literacy	89.77 %	88.21 %	91.42 %
Total Workers	221	125	96
Main Worker	158	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	28	35

Caste Factor

In Wahkaji village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.12 % of total population in Wahkaji village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahkaji village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahkaji village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 71.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.