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Mawthawniaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthawniaw is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 61 families residing. The Mawthawniaw village has population of 409 of which 203 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthawniaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 25.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthawniaw village is 1015 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthawniaw as per census is 1452, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthawniaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthawniaw village was 96.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthawniaw Male literacy stands at 98.76 % while female literacy rate was 93.10 %.

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

Mawthawniaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 409 203 206
Child (0-6) 103 42 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 408 203 205
Literacy 96.08 % 98.76 % 93.10 %
Total Workers 159 81 78
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Mawthawniaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.76 % of total population in Mawthawniaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawthawniaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawthawniaw village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 98.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.