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Mawser Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Mawser is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 105 families residing. The Mawser village has population of 486 of which 229 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawser village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 17.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawser village is 1122 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawser as per census is 1333, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawser village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawser village was 75.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawser Male literacy stands at 79.27 % while female literacy rate was 72.25 %.

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

Mawser Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 486 229 257
Child (0-6) 84 36 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 241 102 139
Literacy 75.62 % 79.27 % 72.25 %
Total Workers 165 109 56
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 46 26 20

Caste Factor

In Mawser village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.59 % of total population in Mawser village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawser village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Mawser village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 72.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.