Mowkaiaw Population, Caste, Working Data Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011

Mowkaiaw is a village situated in Laskein block of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 446 families residing in the village Mowkaiaw. The total population of Mowkaiaw is 2,842 out of which 1,376 are males and 1,466 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Mowkaiaw is 1,065.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Mowkaiaw village is 477 which is 17% of the total population. There are 222 male children and 255 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Mowkaiaw is 1,149 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (1,065) of Mowkaiaw village.

Population
2,842
Families
446
Literacy
84.74%
Sex Ratio
1,065

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Mowkaiaw is 84.7%. Thus Mowkaiaw village has higher literacy rate compared to 47.5% of Jaintia Hills district. The male literacy rate is 80.68% and the female literacy rate is 88.6% in Mowkaiaw village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Mowkaiaw village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Mowkaiaw Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Mowkaiaw village.

Total Male Female
Children 477 222 255
Literacy 84.74% 80.68% 88.6%
Scheduled Caste 5 4 1
Scheduled Tribe 2,821 1,362 1,459
Illiterate 838 445 393

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 99.3% of total population in Mowkaiaw village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Mowkaiaw village out of total population, 912 were engaged in work activities. 78.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 912 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 717 511 206
Cultivators 159 152 7
Agriculture Labourer 11 8 3
Household Industries 2 2 0
Other Workers 545 349 196
Marginal Workers 195 106 89
Non Working 1,930 759 1,171

Nearby Villages to Mowkaiaw,

Below are the list of villages near Mowkaiaw village in Laskein.

Village Population
Madanrwan 437
Mulum 761
Mynksan 479
Mootyrshiah A 1,589
Iong-u-Lang 231
Mootyrshiah B 1,881
Pdeilapatein 9
Laskein 1,864
Thangthring 572
Nongkynrih 1,199

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