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Mawkajem Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkajem is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Mawkajem village has population of 292 of which 144 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkajem village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 26.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkajem village is 1028 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkajem as per census is 674, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkajem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkajem village was 86.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkajem Male literacy stands at 84.69 % while female literacy rate was 87.18 %.

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

Mawkajem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 292 144 148
Child (0-6) 77 46 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 291 143 148
Literacy 86.05 % 84.69 % 87.18 %
Total Workers 111 70 41
Main Worker 111 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Mawkajem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Mawkajem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkajem village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkajem village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.