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Mawmarin Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawmarin is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 136 families residing. The Mawmarin village has population of 873 of which 437 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawmarin village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 22.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawmarin village is 998 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawmarin as per census is 1042, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawmarin village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawmarin village was 87.63 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawmarin Male literacy stands at 90.35 % while female literacy rate was 84.87 %.

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

Mawmarin Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 873 437 436
Child (0-6) 194 95 99
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 865 432 433
Literacy 87.63 % 90.35 % 84.87 %
Total Workers 440 229 211
Main Worker 353 - -
Marginal Worker 87 44 43

Caste Factor

In Mawmarin village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.08 % of total population in Mawmarin village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawmarin village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawmarin village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 80.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.