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Mawsawa Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsawa is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 67 families residing. The Mawsawa village has population of 273 of which 121 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 17.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsawa village is 1256 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsawa as per census is 1087, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsawa village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsawa village was 84.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsawa Male literacy stands at 87.76 % while female literacy rate was 81.89 %.

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

Mawsawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 273 121 152
Child (0-6) 48 23 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 271 120 151
Literacy 84.44 % 87.76 % 81.89 %
Total Workers 132 73 59
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 24 1 23

Caste Factor

In Mawsawa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.27 % of total population in Mawsawa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsawa village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsawa village out of total population, 132 were engaged in work activities. 81.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 132 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.