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Khwad Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Khwad is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 66 families residing. The Khwad village has population of 295 of which 156 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khwad village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khwad village is 891 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Khwad as per census is 788, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Khwad village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Khwad village was 64.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Khwad Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 62.83 %.

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

Khwad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 295 156 139
Child (0-6) 59 33 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 289 154 135
Literacy 64.83 % 66.67 % 62.83 %
Total Workers 151 82 69
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Khwad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.97 % of total population in Khwad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khwad village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Khwad village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 97.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.