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Mookjat Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Mookjat is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 61 families residing. The Mookjat village has population of 311 of which 174 are males while 137 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mookjat village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 31.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mookjat village is 787 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mookjat as per census is 796, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mookjat village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mookjat village was 36.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mookjat Male literacy stands at 30.00 % while female literacy rate was 45.74 %.

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

Mookjat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 311 174 137
Child (0-6) 97 54 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 307 173 134
Literacy 36.92 % 30.00 % 45.74 %
Total Workers 153 83 70
Main Worker 146 - -
Marginal Worker 7 6 1

Caste Factor

In Mookjat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.71 % of total population in Mookjat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mookjat village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Mookjat village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 95.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.