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Mawlangwir Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawlangwir is a large village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 343 families residing. The Mawlangwir village has population of 2185 of which 1067 are males while 1118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawlangwir village population of children with age 0-6 is 414 which makes up 18.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawlangwir village is 1048 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawlangwir as per census is 944, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawlangwir village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawlangwir village was 88.93 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawlangwir Male literacy stands at 89.23 % while female literacy rate was 88.66 %.

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

Mawlangwir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 2,185 1,067 1,118
Child (0-6) 414 213 201
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2,146 1,047 1,099
Literacy 88.93 % 89.23 % 88.66 %
Total Workers 574 376 198
Main Worker 329 - -
Marginal Worker 245 161 84

Caste Factor

In Mawlangwir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.22 % of total population in Mawlangwir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawlangwir village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawlangwir village out of total population, 574 were engaged in work activities. 57.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 574 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.