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Mawpon Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawpon is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Mawpon village has population of 238 of which 134 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawpon village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 25.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawpon village is 776 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawpon as per census is 564, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawpon village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawpon village was 82.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawpon Male literacy stands at 77.89 % while female literacy rate was 87.80 %.

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

Mawpon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 238 134 104
Child (0-6) 61 39 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 238 134 104
Literacy 82.49 % 77.89 % 87.80 %
Total Workers 143 76 67
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 105 48 57

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawpon village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 26.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.