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Mawsahew Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsahew is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 80 families residing. The Mawsahew village has population of 360 of which 179 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsahew village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 18.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsahew village is 1011 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsahew as per census is 1161, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsahew village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsahew village was 97.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsahew Male literacy stands at 97.30 % while female literacy rate was 97.93 %.

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

Mawsahew Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 360 179 181
Child (0-6) 67 31 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 356 177 179
Literacy 97.61 % 97.30 % 97.93 %
Total Workers 112 85 27
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 20 17 3

Caste Factor

In Mawsahew village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.89 % of total population in Mawsahew village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsahew village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsahew village out of total population, 112 were engaged in work activities. 82.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.