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Mawiawet Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawiawet is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Mawiawet village has population of 542 of which 274 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawiawet village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 24.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawiawet village is 978 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawiawet as per census is 985, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawiawet village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawiawet village was 86.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawiawet Male literacy stands at 84.95 % while female literacy rate was 87.06 %.

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

Mawiawet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 542 274 268
Child (0-6) 135 68 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 540 273 267
Literacy 86.00 % 84.95 % 87.06 %
Total Workers 245 124 121
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 56 29 27

Caste Factor

In Mawiawet village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Mawiawet village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawiawet village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawiawet village out of total population, 245 were engaged in work activities. 77.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 245 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.