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Mawthwan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthwan is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 148 families residing. The Mawthwan village has population of 885 of which 433 are males while 452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 20.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthwan village is 1044 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthwan as per census is 989, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthwan village was 79.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthwan Male literacy stands at 78.53 % while female literacy rate was 81.11 %.

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

Mawthwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 885 433 452
Child (0-6) 185 93 92
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 885 433 452
Literacy 79.86 % 78.53 % 81.11 %
Total Workers 357 179 178
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Mawthwan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Mawthwan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawthwan village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawthwan village out of total population, 357 were engaged in work activities. 99.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 357 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.