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Mawlwai Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Mawlwai is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 61 families residing. The Mawlwai village has population of 351 of which 189 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawlwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 31.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawlwai village is 857 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawlwai as per census is 571, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawlwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawlwai village was 73.03 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawlwai Male literacy stands at 63.87 % while female literacy rate was 81.97 %.

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

Mawlwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 351 189 162
Child (0-6) 110 70 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 308 168 140
Literacy 73.03 % 63.87 % 81.97 %
Total Workers 88 76 12
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Mawlwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.75 % of total population in Mawlwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawlwai village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Mawlwai village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 95.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.