Maweit Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Maweit is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 88 families residing. The Maweit village has population of 589 of which 306 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maweit village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 24.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maweit village is 925 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Maweit as per census is 883, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Maweit village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Maweit village was 75.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Maweit Male literacy stands at 75.11 % while female literacy rate was 76.28 %.

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

Maweit Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	88	-	-
Population	589	306	283
Child (0-6)	145	77	68
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	587	304	283
Literacy	75.68 %	75.11 %	76.28 %
Total Workers	316	163	153
Main Worker	136	-	-
Marginal Worker	180	88	92

Caste Factor

In Maweit village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Maweit village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maweit village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Maweit village out of total population, 316 were engaged in work activities. 43.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 316 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.