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Mawpat Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawpat is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Mawpat village has population of 222 of which 118 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawpat village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 24.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawpat village is 881 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawpat as per census is 543, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawpat village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawpat village was 64.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawpat Male literacy stands at 66.27 % while female literacy rate was 63.53 %.

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

Mawpat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 222 118 104
Child (0-6) 54 35 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 222 118 104
Literacy 64.88 % 66.27 % 63.53 %
Total Workers 106 57 49
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 77 41 36

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawpat village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 27.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.