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Mawjiej Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawjiej is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Mawjiej village has population of 203 of which 110 are males while 93 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawjiej village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 22.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawjiej village is 845 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawjiej as per census is 704, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawjiej village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawjiej village was 80.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawjiej Male literacy stands at 85.54 % while female literacy rate was 75.68 %.

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

Mawjiej Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 203 110 93
Child (0-6) 46 27 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 203 110 93
Literacy 80.89 % 85.54 % 75.68 %
Total Workers 72 38 34
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 8 2 6

Caste Factor

In Mawjiej village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Mawjiej village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawjiej village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawjiej village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 88.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.