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Mawkhan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkhan is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 81 families residing. The Mawkhan village has population of 464 of which 244 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 17.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkhan village is 902 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkhan as per census is 1024, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkhan village was 95.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkhan Male literacy stands at 96.06 % while female literacy rate was 94.94 %.

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

Mawkhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 464 244 220
Child (0-6) 83 41 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 460 243 217
Literacy 95.54 % 96.06 % 94.94 %
Total Workers 263 141 122
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 154 68 86

Caste Factor

In Mawkhan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.14 % of total population in Mawkhan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkhan village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkhan village out of total population, 263 were engaged in work activities. 41.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 263 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.