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Mookaswan Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Mookaswan is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 116 families residing. The Mookaswan village has population of 752 of which 360 are males while 392 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mookaswan village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 22.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mookaswan village is 1089 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mookaswan as per census is 1024, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mookaswan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mookaswan village was 67.41 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mookaswan Male literacy stands at 64.36 % while female literacy rate was 70.16 %.

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

Mookaswan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 752 360 392
Child (0-6) 172 85 87
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 747 357 390
Literacy 67.41 % 64.36 % 70.16 %
Total Workers 390 194 196
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 358 168 190

Caste Factor

In Mookaswan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.34 % of total population in Mookaswan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mookaswan village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Mookaswan village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 8.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.