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Mawsaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsaw is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 19 families residing. The Mawsaw village has population of 117 of which 62 are males while 55 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 30.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsaw village is 887 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsaw as per census is 714, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsaw village was 88.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsaw Male literacy stands at 97.56 % while female literacy rate was 80.00 %.

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

Mawsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 19 - -
Population 117 62 55
Child (0-6) 36 21 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 117 62 55
Literacy 88.89 % 97.56 % 80.00 %
Total Workers 49 28 21
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawsaw village out of total population, 49 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 49 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.