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Mawthungkper Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthungkper is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 84 families residing. The Mawthungkper village has population of 533 of which 269 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthungkper village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 22.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthungkper village is 981 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthungkper as per census is 859, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthungkper village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthungkper village was 84.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthungkper Male literacy stands at 86.34 % while female literacy rate was 83.25 %.

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

Mawthungkper Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 533 269 264
Child (0-6) 119 64 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 528 266 262
Literacy 84.78 % 86.34 % 83.25 %
Total Workers 248 120 128
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 85 12 73

Caste Factor

In Mawthungkper village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.06 % of total population in Mawthungkper village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawthungkper village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawthungkper village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 65.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.