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Mawpon Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawpon is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 57 families residing. The Mawpon village has population of 326 of which 175 are males while 151 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawpon village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 23.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawpon village is 863 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawpon as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawpon village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawpon village was 78.80 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawpon Male literacy stands at 78.52 % while female literacy rate was 79.13 %.

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

Mawpon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 326 175 151
Child (0-6) 76 40 36
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 319 169 150
Literacy 78.80 % 78.52 % 79.13 %
Total Workers 151 89 62
Main Worker 138 - -
Marginal Worker 13 3 10

Caste Factor

In Mawpon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.31 % of total population in Mawpon village.

Work Profile

In Mawpon village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 91.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.