Mookbu Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Mookbu is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 162 families residing. The Mookbu village has population of 819 of which 419 are males while 400 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mookbu village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 24.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mookbu village is 955 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mookbu as per census is 906, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mookbu village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mookbu village was 70.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mookbu Male literacy stands at 67.09 % while female literacy rate was 74.34 %.

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

Mookbu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	162	-	-
Population	819	419	400
Child (0-6)	202	106	96
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	807	411	396
Literacy	70.66 %	67.09 %	74.34 %
Total Workers	429	231	198
Main Worker	421	-	-
Marginal Worker	8	4	4

Caste Factor

In Mookbu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.53 % of total population in Mookbu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mookbu village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Mookbu village out of total population, 429 were engaged in work activities. 98.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 429 workers engaged in Main Work, 383 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.