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Mawsium Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsium is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 72 families residing. The Mawsium village has population of 448 of which 220 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsium village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 22.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsium village is 1036 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsium as per census is 1149, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsium village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsium village was 87.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsium Male literacy stands at 85.55 % while female literacy rate was 89.66 %.

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

Mawsium Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 448 220 228
Child (0-6) 101 47 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 448 220 228
Literacy 87.61 % 85.55 % 89.66 %
Total Workers 193 108 85
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawsium village out of total population, 193 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 193 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.