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Mawshyieng Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawshyieng is a small village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 27 families residing. The Mawshyieng village has population of 178 of which 86 are males while 92 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawshyieng village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 20.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawshyieng village is 1070 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawshyieng as per census is 1056, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawshyieng village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawshyieng village was 96.45 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawshyieng Male literacy stands at 95.59 % while female literacy rate was 97.26 %.

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

Mawshyieng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 27 - -
Population 178 86 92
Child (0-6) 37 18 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 178 86 92
Literacy 96.45 % 95.59 % 97.26 %
Total Workers 73 34 39
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawshyieng village out of total population, 73 were engaged in work activities. 91.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 73 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.