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Mawtawar Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawtawar is a large village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 511 families residing. The Mawtawar village has population of 2922 of which 1412 are males while 1510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawtawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 496 which makes up 16.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawtawar village is 1069 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawtawar as per census is 953, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawtawar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawtawar village was 91.06 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawtawar Male literacy stands at 91.36 % while female literacy rate was 90.77 %.

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

Mawtawar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 511 - -
Population 2,922 1,412 1,510
Child (0-6) 496 254 242
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2,902 1,398 1,504
Literacy 91.06 % 91.36 % 90.77 %
Total Workers 984 630 354
Main Worker 703 - -
Marginal Worker 281 180 101

Caste Factor

In Mawtawar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Mawtawar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawtawar village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawtawar village out of total population, 984 were engaged in work activities. 71.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 984 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.