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Mawphru Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Mawphru is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 167 families residing. The Mawphru village has population of 937 of which 482 are males while 455 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawphru village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 24.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawphru village is 944 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawphru as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawphru village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawphru village was 82.63 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawphru Male literacy stands at 81.32 % while female literacy rate was 84.01 %.

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

Mawphru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 167 - -
Population 937 482 455
Child (0-6) 229 118 111
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 930 478 452
Literacy 82.63 % 81.32 % 84.01 %
Total Workers 491 251 240
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 132 38 94

Caste Factor

In Mawphru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.25 % of total population in Mawphru village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawphru village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Mawphru village out of total population, 491 were engaged in work activities. 73.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 491 workers engaged in Main Work, 325 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.