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Mawsawrit Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsawrit is a small village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Mawsawrit village has population of 193 of which 90 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsawrit village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 21.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsawrit village is 1144 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsawrit as per census is 1733, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsawrit village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsawrit village was 85.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsawrit Male literacy stands at 84.00 % while female literacy rate was 87.01 %.

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

Mawsawrit Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 193 90 103
Child (0-6) 41 15 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 193 90 103
Literacy 85.53 % 84.00 % 87.01 %
Total Workers 107 53 54
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 83 42 41

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawsawrit village out of total population, 107 were engaged in work activities. 22.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.