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Mawber Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawber is a medium size village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 255 families residing. The Mawber village has population of 1743 of which 843 are males while 900 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawber village population of children with age 0-6 is 382 which makes up 21.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawber village is 1068 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawber as per census is 990, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawber village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawber village was 86.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawber Male literacy stands at 84.95 % while female literacy rate was 87.32 %.

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

Mawber Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,743 843 900
Child (0-6) 382 192 190
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,734 839 895
Literacy 86.19 % 84.95 % 87.32 %
Total Workers 819 424 395
Main Worker 797 - -
Marginal Worker 22 9 13

Caste Factor

In Mawber village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.48 % of total population in Mawber village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawber village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawber village out of total population, 819 were engaged in work activities. 97.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 819 workers engaged in Main Work, 548 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 205 were Agricultural labourer.