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Lower Mawpud Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Mawpud is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Lower Mawpud village has population of 635 of which 318 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Mawpud village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 19.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Mawpud village is 997 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Mawpud as per census is 1138, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Mawpud village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Mawpud village was 44.81 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Mawpud Male literacy stands at 41.54 % while female literacy rate was 48.21 %.

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

Lower Mawpud Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 635 318 317
Child (0-6) 124 58 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 633 318 315
Literacy 44.81 % 41.54 % 48.21 %
Total Workers 279 146 133
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 59 27 32

Caste Factor

In Lower Mawpud village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.69 % of total population in Lower Mawpud village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Mawpud village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Mawpud village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 78.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 212 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.