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Mawsynnam Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsynnam is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 132 families residing. The Mawsynnam village has population of 775 of which 384 are males while 391 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsynnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsynnam village is 1018 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsynnam as per census is 857, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsynnam village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsynnam village was 85.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsynnam Male literacy stands at 82.87 % while female literacy rate was 88.43 %.

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

Mawsynnam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 775 384 391
Child (0-6) 117 63 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 770 382 388
Literacy 85.71 % 82.87 % 88.43 %
Total Workers 334 180 154
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 255 127 128

Caste Factor

In Mawsynnam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.35 % of total population in Mawsynnam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsynnam village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsynnam village out of total population, 334 were engaged in work activities. 23.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 334 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.