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Mawponghong Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawponghong is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 82 families residing. The Mawponghong village has population of 431 of which 208 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawponghong village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 22.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawponghong village is 1072 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawponghong as per census is 979, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawponghong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawponghong village was 85.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawponghong Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 83.52 %.

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

Mawponghong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 431 208 223
Child (0-6) 95 48 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 430 208 222
Literacy 85.42 % 87.50 % 83.52 %
Total Workers 226 112 114
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 10 3 7

Caste Factor

In Mawponghong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.77 % of total population in Mawponghong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawponghong village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawponghong village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 95.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.