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Mawthaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthaw is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Mawthaw village has population of 282 of which 146 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 27.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthaw village is 932 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthaw as per census is 878, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthaw village was 85.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthaw Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 85.00 %.

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

Mawthaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 282 146 136
Child (0-6) 77 41 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 281 146 135
Literacy 85.37 % 85.71 % 85.00 %
Total Workers 107 54 53
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Mawthaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.65 % of total population in Mawthaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawthaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawthaw village out of total population, 107 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 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.