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Mawsawa Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsawa is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Mawsawa village has population of 271 of which 132 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 24.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsawa village is 1053 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsawa as per census is 1129, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsawa village was 48.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsawa Male literacy stands at 43.56 % while female literacy rate was 52.88 %.

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

Mawsawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 271 132 139
Child (0-6) 66 31 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 269 131 138
Literacy 48.29 % 43.56 % 52.88 %
Total Workers 139 70 69
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Mawsawa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.26 % of total population in Mawsawa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsawa village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsawa village out of total population, 139 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 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.