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Mawbsein Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Mawbsein is a large village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 378 families residing. The Mawbsein village has population of 2042 of which 1067 are males while 975 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawbsein village population of children with age 0-6 is 500 which makes up 24.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawbsein village is 914 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawbsein as per census is 818, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawbsein village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawbsein village was 64.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawbsein Male literacy stands at 56.31 % while female literacy rate was 72.53 %.

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

Mawbsein Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 2,042 1,067 975
Child (0-6) 500 275 225
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,958 1,027 931
Literacy 64.20 % 56.31 % 72.53 %
Total Workers 733 492 241
Main Worker 731 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Mawbsein village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.89 % of total population in Mawbsein village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawbsein village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Mawbsein village out of total population, 733 were engaged in work activities. 99.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 733 workers engaged in Main Work, 570 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.