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Mawshun Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawshun is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 290 families residing. The Mawshun village has population of 1464 of which 725 are males while 739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawshun village population of children with age 0-6 is 310 which makes up 21.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawshun village is 1019 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawshun as per census is 1138, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawshun village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawshun village was 74.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawshun Male literacy stands at 72.59 % while female literacy rate was 76.13 %.

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

Mawshun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,464 725 739
Child (0-6) 310 145 165
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,462 724 738
Literacy 74.35 % 72.59 % 76.13 %
Total Workers 584 374 210
Main Worker 514 - -
Marginal Worker 70 27 43

Caste Factor

In Mawshun village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.86 % of total population in Mawshun village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawshun village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawshun village out of total population, 584 were engaged in work activities. 88.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 584 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 330 were Agricultural labourer.