About Maw U Sam Village

Maw U Sam is a mid sized village in Mawryngkneng tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 782, made up of 403 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maw U Sam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maw U Sam village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawryngkneng
Pincode	793015
Population	782
Male Population	403
Female Population	379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maw U Sam compares

By the 2011 count Maw U Sam is the 25th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Maw U Sam

Maw U Sam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maw U Sam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maw U Sam from other places

Maw U Sam lies about 19 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 59 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Maw U Sam
Nearest town	Nongthymmai	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawryngkneng	15 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	59 km

Villages closest to Maw U Sam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawryngkneng tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Maw U Sam

As per the Census of India 2011, Maw U Sam village had a population of 782. That makes it the 25th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents.

Maw U Sam village has 403 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maw U Sam has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Maw U Sam is 793015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maw U Sam falls under Mawryngkneng tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Maw U Sam is Kamalajari, about 59 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maw U Sam.

Maw U Sam is about 19 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maw U Sam is in Mawryngkneng tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Nongthymmai is about under 2 km away. Mawryngkneng is about 15 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.