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Mawlai population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Meghalaya, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 55,012 people
Households 10,661 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.92% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.52% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 55,012 26,335 28,677 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,542 4,412 4,130 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 42,714 20,399 22,315 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.92% 93.05% 90.91% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 215 124 91 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 53,305 25,257 28,048 Total workersCensus workers 19,543 11,784 7,759 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.52% 44.75% 27.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 18,311 11,181 7,130 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,232 603 629 Non-workerspeople 35,469 14,551 20,918
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 10,661 households and 55,012 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 15.53% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.05% for males and 90.91% for females. Of 19,543 workers, 93.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 71 22 Agricultural labourers 106 11 Household industry workers 137 41 Other workers 17,997 1,158
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Mawlai (CT) 298 01989 55,012
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.