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Mawphyrnai Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawphyrnai is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Mawphyrnai village has population of 309 of which 151 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawphyrnai village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 24.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawphyrnai village is 1046 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawphyrnai as per census is 705, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawphyrnai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawphyrnai village was 67.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawphyrnai Male literacy stands at 66.36 % while female literacy rate was 68.50 %.

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

Mawphyrnai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 309 151 158
Child (0-6) 75 44 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 304 149 155
Literacy 67.52 % 66.36 % 68.50 %
Total Workers 158 75 83
Main Worker 149 - -
Marginal Worker 9 5 4

Caste Factor

In Mawphyrnai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.38 % of total population in Mawphyrnai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawphyrnai village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawphyrnai village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 94.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.