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Mawpen Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawpen is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Mawpen village has population of 402 of which 199 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawpen village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 23.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawpen village is 1020 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawpen as per census is 1182, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawpen village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawpen village was 78.43 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawpen Male literacy stands at 81.29 % while female literacy rate was 75.50 %.

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

Mawpen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 402 199 203
Child (0-6) 96 44 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 398 197 201
Literacy 78.43 % 81.29 % 75.50 %
Total Workers 236 120 116
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 146 48 98

Caste Factor

In Mawpen village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.00 % of total population in Mawpen village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawpen village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawpen village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 38.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.