Mawthar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthar is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Mawthar village has population of 214 of which 114 are males while 100 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthar village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 24.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthar village is 877 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthar as per census is 1120, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthar village was 76.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthar Male literacy stands at 77.53 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

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

Mawthar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	36	-	-
Population	214	114	100
Child (0-6)	53	25	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	214	114	100
Literacy	76.40 %	77.53 %	75.00 %
Total Workers	116	65	51
Main Worker	112	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawthar village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 96.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.