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Mawkaphan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkaphan is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 72 families residing. The Mawkaphan village has population of 407 of which 202 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkaphan village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 18.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkaphan village is 1015 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkaphan as per census is 1139, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkaphan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkaphan village was 87.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkaphan Male literacy stands at 87.95 % while female literacy rate was 87.80 %.

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

Mawkaphan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 407 202 205
Child (0-6) 77 36 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 407 202 205
Literacy 87.88 % 87.95 % 87.80 %
Total Workers 143 103 40
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawkaphan village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 98.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.