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Wahkrem Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Wahkrem is a small village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Wahkrem village has population of 177 of which 86 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahkrem village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 17.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahkrem village is 1058 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahkrem as per census is 1583, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wahkrem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahkrem village was 96.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wahkrem Male literacy stands at 97.30 % while female literacy rate was 95.83 %.

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

Wahkrem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 177 86 91
Child (0-6) 31 12 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 157 78 79
Literacy 96.58 % 97.30 % 95.83 %
Total Workers 62 45 17
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

In Wahkrem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.70 % of total population in Wahkrem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wahkrem village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Wahkrem village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 96.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.