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Mawphu Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawphu is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 128 families residing. The Mawphu village has population of 695 of which 342 are males while 353 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawphu village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 18.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawphu village is 1032 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawphu as per census is 1131, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawphu village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawphu village was 82.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawphu Male literacy stands at 79.36 % while female literacy rate was 86.27 %.

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

Mawphu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 128 - -
Population 695 342 353
Child (0-6) 130 61 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 695 342 353
Literacy 82.83 % 79.36 % 86.27 %
Total Workers 297 171 126
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawphu village out of total population, 297 were engaged in work activities. 99.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 297 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.