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Mawkawir Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawkawir is a small village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Mawkawir village has population of 127 of which 64 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawkawir village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 18.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawkawir village is 984 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawkawir as per census is 714, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawkawir village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawkawir village was 95.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawkawir Male literacy stands at 92.00 % while female literacy rate was 98.11 %.

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

Mawkawir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 127 64 63
Child (0-6) 24 14 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 126 63 63
Literacy 95.15 % 92.00 % 98.11 %
Total Workers 38 32 6
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 8 7 1

Caste Factor

In Mawkawir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.21 % of total population in Mawkawir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawkawir village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawkawir village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 78.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.