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Maskut Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Maskut is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Maskut village has population of 263 of which 138 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maskut village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 30.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maskut village is 906 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Maskut as per census is 1189, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Maskut village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Maskut village was 20.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Maskut Male literacy stands at 15.84 % while female literacy rate was 27.16 %.

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

Maskut Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 263 138 125
Child (0-6) 81 37 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 262 138 124
Literacy 20.88 % 15.84 % 27.16 %
Total Workers 112 63 49
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Maskut village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.62 % of total population in Maskut village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maskut village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Maskut village out of total population, 112 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 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.