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Mawsawa Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsawa is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Mawsawa village has population of 206 of which 100 are males while 106 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 27.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsawa village is 1060 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsawa as per census is 1111, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsawa village was 73.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsawa Male literacy stands at 72.60 % while female literacy rate was 73.68 %.

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 39 - -
Population 206 100 106
Child (0-6) 57 27 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 205 99 106
Literacy 73.15 % 72.60 % 73.68 %
Total Workers 58 50 8
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Mawsawa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.51 % 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, 58 were engaged in work activities. 96.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.