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Mawjarain Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawjarain is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Mawjarain village has population of 302 of which 161 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawjarain village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 31.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawjarain village is 876 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawjarain as per census is 759, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawjarain village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawjarain village was 75.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawjarain Male literacy stands at 68.22 % while female literacy rate was 83.00 %.

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

Mawjarain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 302 161 141
Child (0-6) 95 54 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 301 160 141
Literacy 75.36 % 68.22 % 83.00 %
Total Workers 137 71 66
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 16 7 9

Caste Factor

In Mawjarain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.67 % of total population in Mawjarain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawjarain village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawjarain village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 88.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.