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Dewsaw Mawrisan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dewsaw Mawrisan is a small village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Dewsaw Mawrisan village has population of 162 of which 72 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewsaw Mawrisan village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 25.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewsaw Mawrisan village is 1250 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewsaw Mawrisan as per census is 1158, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dewsaw Mawrisan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewsaw Mawrisan village was 57.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dewsaw Mawrisan Male literacy stands at 58.49 % while female literacy rate was 57.35 %.

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

Dewsaw Mawrisan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 162 72 90
Child (0-6) 41 19 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 162 72 90
Literacy 57.85 % 58.49 % 57.35 %
Total Workers 81 35 46
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dewsaw Mawrisan village out of total population, 81 were engaged in work activities. 96.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 81 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.