Mawshamok Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawshamok is a small village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 38 families residing. The Mawshamok village has population of 183 of which 87 are males while 96 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawshamok village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 14.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawshamok village is 1103 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawshamok as per census is 1600, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawshamok village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawshamok village was 97.45 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawshamok Male literacy stands at 98.70 % while female literacy rate was 96.25 %.

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

Mawshamok Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	38	-	-
Population	183	87	96
Child (0-6)	26	10	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	181	86	95
Literacy	97.45 %	98.70 %	96.25 %
Total Workers	76	46	30
Main Worker	74	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Mawshamok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.91 % of total population in Mawshamok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawshamok village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawshamok village out of total population, 76 were engaged in work activities. 97.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 76 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.