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Mawpen Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Mawpen is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 117 families residing. The Mawpen village has population of 596 of which 291 are males while 305 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mawpen village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 20.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mawpen village is 1048 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mawpen as per census is 1302, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mawpen village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mawpen village was 91.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mawpen Male literacy stands at 91.60 % while female literacy rate was 91.10 %.

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

Mawpen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 596 291 305
Child (0-6) 122 53 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 596 291 305
Literacy 91.35 % 91.60 % 91.10 %
Total Workers 175 141 34
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mawpen village out of total population, 175 were engaged in work activities. 97.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 175 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.