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Mawthong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawthong is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 184 families residing. The Mawthong village has population of 1039 of which 523 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawthong village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 24.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawthong village is 987 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawthong as per census is 1066, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawthong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawthong village was 49.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawthong Male literacy stands at 52.99 % while female literacy rate was 45.48 %.

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

Mawthong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,039 523 516
Child (0-6) 250 121 129
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,034 520 514
Literacy 49.30 % 52.99 % 45.48 %
Total Workers 478 236 242
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

In Mawthong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.52 % of total population in Mawthong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawthong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawthong village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 98.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 435 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.