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Wahmawpat Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahmawpat is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 160 families residing. The Wahmawpat village has population of 786 of which 400 are males while 386 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahmawpat village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 25.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahmawpat village is 965 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahmawpat as per census is 811, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahmawpat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahmawpat village was 77.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahmawpat Male literacy stands at 82.35 % while female literacy rate was 72.97 %.

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

Wahmawpat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 160 - -
Population 786 400 386
Child (0-6) 201 111 90
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 782 399 383
Literacy 77.61 % 82.35 % 72.97 %
Total Workers 296 163 133
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Wahmawpat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.49 % of total population in Wahmawpat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahmawpat village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahmawpat village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 99.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 268 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.