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Wahmawlein Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahmawlein is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 74 families residing. The Wahmawlein village has population of 272 of which 130 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahmawlein village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 21.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahmawlein village is 1092 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahmawlein as per census is 1107, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahmawlein village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahmawlein village was 53.99 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahmawlein Male literacy stands at 57.84 % while female literacy rate was 50.45 %.

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

Wahmawlein Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 272 130 142
Child (0-6) 59 28 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 271 130 141
Literacy 53.99 % 57.84 % 50.45 %
Total Workers 131 63 68
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Wahmawlein village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Wahmawlein village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahmawlein village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahmawlein village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 99.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.