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Mawphansyiar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawphansyiar is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Mawphansyiar village has population of 568 of which 304 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawphansyiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 22.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawphansyiar village is 868 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawphansyiar as per census is 662, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawphansyiar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawphansyiar village was 80.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawphansyiar Male literacy stands at 79.74 % while female literacy rate was 81.69 %.

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

Mawphansyiar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 568 304 264
Child (0-6) 128 77 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 567 303 264
Literacy 80.68 % 79.74 % 81.69 %
Total Workers 249 138 111
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Mawphansyiar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.82 % of total population in Mawphansyiar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawphansyiar village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawphansyiar village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 98.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 235 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.