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Mawphir Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawphir is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Mawphir village has population of 270 of which 118 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawphir village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 19.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawphir village is 1288 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawphir as per census is 1261, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawphir village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawphir village was 75.69 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawphir Male literacy stands at 67.37 % while female literacy rate was 82.11 %.

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

Mawphir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 270 118 152
Child (0-6) 52 23 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 265 116 149
Literacy 75.69 % 67.37 % 82.11 %
Total Workers 127 58 69
Main Worker 126 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Mawphir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.15 % of total population in Mawphir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawphir village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawphir village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 99.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.