Mawsde Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsde is a small village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 19 families residing. The Mawsde village has population of 128 of which 68 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsde village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 21.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsde village is 882 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsde as per census is 929, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsde village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsde village was 93.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsde Male literacy stands at 94.44 % while female literacy rate was 91.49 %.

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

Mawsde Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	19	-	-
Population	128	68	60
Child (0-6)	27	14	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	128	68	60
Literacy	93.07 %	94.44 %	91.49 %
Total Workers	53	32	21
Main Worker	36	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	7	10

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawsde village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 67.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.