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Mawiong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawiong is a small village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 16 families residing. The Mawiong village has population of 119 of which 61 are males while 58 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawiong village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 26.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawiong village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawiong as per census is 632, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawiong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawiong village was 81.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawiong Male literacy stands at 80.95 % while female literacy rate was 82.61 %.

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

Mawiong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 16 - -
Population 119 61 58
Child (0-6) 31 19 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 116 59 57
Literacy 81.82 % 80.95 % 82.61 %
Total Workers 44 23 21
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 19 10 9

Caste Factor

In Mawiong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.48 % of total population in Mawiong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawiong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawiong village out of total population, 44 were engaged in work activities. 56.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 44 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.