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Mawpiah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawpiah is a small village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Mawpiah village has population of 195 of which 105 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawpiah village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 27.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawpiah village is 857 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawpiah as per census is 929, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawpiah village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawpiah village was 59.57 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawpiah Male literacy stands at 55.84 % while female literacy rate was 64.06 %.

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

Mawpiah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 195 105 90
Child (0-6) 54 28 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 195 105 90
Literacy 59.57 % 55.84 % 64.06 %
Total Workers 91 51 40
Main Worker 12 - -
Marginal Worker 79 45 34

Caste Factor

In Mawpiah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Mawpiah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawpiah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawpiah village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 13.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.