Mawwan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawwan is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 129 families residing. The Mawwan village has population of 669 of which 328 are males while 341 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 26.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawwan village is 1040 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawwan as per census is 1071, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawwan village was 37.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawwan Male literacy stands at 35.80 % while female literacy rate was 39.20 %.

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

Mawwan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	129	-	-
Population	669	328	341
Child (0-6)	176	85	91
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	666	327	339
Literacy	37.53 %	35.80 %	39.20 %
Total Workers	303	172	131
Main Worker	214	-	-
Marginal Worker	89	35	54

Caste Factor

In Mawwan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.55 % of total population in Mawwan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawwan village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawwan village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 70.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.