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Wahrahaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahrahaw is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 75 families residing. The Wahrahaw village has population of 354 of which 166 are males while 188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahrahaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 22.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahrahaw village is 1133 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahrahaw as per census is 1257, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahrahaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahrahaw village was 79.27 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahrahaw Male literacy stands at 79.39 % while female literacy rate was 79.17 %.

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

Wahrahaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 75 - -
Population 354 166 188
Child (0-6) 79 35 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 351 164 187
Literacy 79.27 % 79.39 % 79.17 %
Total Workers 194 90 104
Main Worker 184 - -
Marginal Worker 10 3 7

Caste Factor

In Wahrahaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.15 % of total population in Wahrahaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahrahaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahrahaw village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 94.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.