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Mawthawpdah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthawpdah is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 133 families residing. The Mawthawpdah village has population of 816 of which 418 are males while 398 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthawpdah village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 18.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthawpdah village is 952 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthawpdah as per census is 897, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthawpdah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthawpdah village was 95.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthawpdah Male literacy stands at 96.18 % while female literacy rate was 95.12 %.

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

Mawthawpdah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 133 - -
Population 816 418 398
Child (0-6) 148 78 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 813 416 397
Literacy 95.66 % 96.18 % 95.12 %
Total Workers 348 178 170
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 69 10 59

Caste Factor

In Mawthawpdah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Mawthawpdah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawthawpdah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawthawpdah village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 80.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.