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Mawsir Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawsir is a small village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Mawsir village has population of 150 of which 86 are males while 64 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawsir village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawsir village is 744 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawsir as per census is 579, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawsir village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawsir village was 33.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawsir Male literacy stands at 19.40 % while female literacy rate was 50.94 %.

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

Mawsir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 150 86 64
Child (0-6) 30 19 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 148 85 63
Literacy 33.33 % 19.40 % 50.94 %
Total Workers 79 44 35
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 16 1 15

Caste Factor

In Mawsir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.67 % of total population in Mawsir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mawsir village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Mawsir village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 79.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.