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Mawsain Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsain is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 38 families residing. The Mawsain village has population of 201 of which 103 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsain village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 22.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsain village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsain as per census is 840, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsain village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsain village was 83.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsain Male literacy stands at 85.90 % while female literacy rate was 81.82 %.

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

Mawsain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 201 103 98
Child (0-6) 46 25 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 199 103 96
Literacy 83.87 % 85.90 % 81.82 %
Total Workers 106 53 53
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Mawsain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.00 % of total population in Mawsain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsain village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsain village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 99.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.