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Mawsikar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsikar is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Mawsikar village has population of 340 of which 173 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsikar village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 29.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsikar village is 965 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsikar as per census is 804, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsikar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsikar village was 87.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsikar Male literacy stands at 90.60 % while female literacy rate was 85.25 %.

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

Mawsikar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 340 173 167
Child (0-6) 101 56 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 340 173 167
Literacy 87.87 % 90.60 % 85.25 %
Total Workers 147 77 70
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawsikar village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.