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Wahnongkseh Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahnongkseh is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 99 families residing. The Wahnongkseh village has population of 430 of which 210 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahnongkseh village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 19.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahnongkseh village is 1048 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahnongkseh as per census is 1024, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahnongkseh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahnongkseh village was 54.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahnongkseh Male literacy stands at 51.19 % while female literacy rate was 57.63 %.

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

Wahnongkseh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 430 210 220
Child (0-6) 85 42 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 430 210 220
Literacy 54.49 % 51.19 % 57.63 %
Total Workers 192 112 80
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 7 1 6

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Wahnongkseh village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 96.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.