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Mawsyntiew Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsyntiew is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Mawsyntiew village has population of 237 of which 107 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsyntiew village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 24.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsyntiew village is 1215 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsyntiew as per census is 1111, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsyntiew village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsyntiew village was 25.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsyntiew Male literacy stands at 31.25 % while female literacy rate was 20.00 %.

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

Mawsyntiew Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 237 107 130
Child (0-6) 57 27 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 236 106 130
Literacy 25.00 % 31.25 % 20.00 %
Total Workers 109 52 57
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 14 3 11

Caste Factor

In Mawsyntiew village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Mawsyntiew village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsyntiew village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsyntiew village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 87.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.