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Mawker Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Mawker is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 82 families residing. The Mawker village has population of 516 of which 269 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawker village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 30.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawker village is 918 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawker as per census is 807, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawker village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawker village was 77.03 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawker Male literacy stands at 81.77 % while female literacy rate was 72.16 %.

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

Mawker Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 516 269 247
Child (0-6) 159 88 71
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 513 267 246
Literacy 77.03 % 81.77 % 72.16 %
Total Workers 232 117 115
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 103 3 100

Caste Factor

In Mawker village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.42 % of total population in Mawker village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawker village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Mawker village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 55.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.