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Mawkhap Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkhap is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 157 families residing. The Mawkhap village has population of 840 of which 423 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkhap village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 23.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkhap village is 986 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkhap as per census is 1021, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkhap village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkhap village was 77.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkhap Male literacy stands at 73.62 % while female literacy rate was 82.39 %.

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

Mawkhap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 840 423 417
Child (0-6) 196 97 99
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 840 423 417
Literacy 77.95 % 73.62 % 82.39 %
Total Workers 414 216 198
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawkhap village out of total population, 414 were engaged in work activities. 99.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 414 workers engaged in Main Work, 406 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.