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Mawtharap Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawtharap is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 69 families residing. The Mawtharap village has population of 458 of which 228 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawtharap village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 22.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawtharap village is 1009 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawtharap as per census is 1234, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawtharap village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawtharap village was 56.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawtharap Male literacy stands at 48.07 % while female literacy rate was 65.12 %.

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

Mawtharap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 458 228 230
Child (0-6) 105 47 58
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 457 228 229
Literacy 56.37 % 48.07 % 65.12 %
Total Workers 242 132 110
Main Worker 225 - -
Marginal Worker 17 9 8

Caste Factor

In Mawtharap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.78 % of total population in Mawtharap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawtharap village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawtharap village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 92.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.