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Mawkalum Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkalum is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Mawkalum village has population of 286 of which 140 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkalum village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 18.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkalum village is 1043 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkalum as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkalum village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkalum village was 88.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkalum Male literacy stands at 91.23 % while female literacy rate was 86.67 %.

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

Mawkalum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 286 140 146
Child (0-6) 52 26 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 286 140 146
Literacy 88.89 % 91.23 % 86.67 %
Total Workers 119 69 50
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawkalum village out of total population, 119 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 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.