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Mawkahiar Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkahiar is a small village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Mawkahiar village has population of 183 of which 101 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkahiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 21.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkahiar village is 812 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkahiar as per census is 1353, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkahiar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkahiar village was 53.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkahiar Male literacy stands at 51.19 % while female literacy rate was 55.93 %.

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

Mawkahiar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 183 101 82
Child (0-6) 40 17 23
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 140 73 67
Literacy 53.15 % 51.19 % 55.93 %
Total Workers 96 54 42
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Mawkahiar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.55 % of total population in Mawkahiar village.

Work Profile

In Mawkahiar village out of total population, 96 were engaged in work activities. 97.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 96 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.