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Mawsep Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsep is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Mawsep village has population of 381 of which 188 are males while 193 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsep village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 27.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsep village is 1027 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsep as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsep village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsep village was 49.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsep Male literacy stands at 44.85 % while female literacy rate was 53.90 %.

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

Mawsep Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 381 188 193
Child (0-6) 104 52 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 381 188 193
Literacy 49.46 % 44.85 % 53.90 %
Total Workers 152 78 74
Main Worker 150 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

In Mawsep village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Mawsep village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsep village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsep village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 98.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.