Mawsmai Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsmai is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Mawsmai village has population of 247 of which 131 are males while 116 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsmai village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 23.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsmai village is 885 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsmai as per census is 727, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsmai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsmai village was 69.47 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsmai Male literacy stands at 80.61 % while female literacy rate was 57.61 %.

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

Mawsmai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	247	131	116
Child (0-6)	57	33	24
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	246	130	116
Literacy	69.47 %	80.61 %	57.61 %
Total Workers	142	77	65
Main Worker	99	-	-
Marginal Worker	43	23	20

Caste Factor

In Mawsmai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.60 % of total population in Mawsmai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsmai village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsmai village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 69.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.