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Mawsngapwir Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsngapwir is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Mawsngapwir village has population of 310 of which 176 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsngapwir village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 26.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsngapwir village is 761 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsngapwir as per census is 566, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsngapwir village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsngapwir village was 92.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsngapwir Male literacy stands at 95.12 % while female literacy rate was 90.38 %.

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

Mawsngapwir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 310 176 134
Child (0-6) 83 53 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 298 171 127
Literacy 92.95 % 95.12 % 90.38 %
Total Workers 196 105 91
Main Worker 1 - -
Marginal Worker 195 105 90

Caste Factor

In Mawsngapwir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.13 % of total population in Mawsngapwir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsngapwir village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsngapwir village out of total population, 196 were engaged in work activities. 0.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 196 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.