About Mawkaphan Village

Mawkaphan is a small village in Mawsynram tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 202 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawkaphan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawkaphan village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawsynram
Pincode	793121
Population	407
Male Population	202
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mawkaphan compares

By the 2011 count Mawkaphan is the 46th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Mawkaphan

Mawkaphan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mawkaphan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Mawkaphan from other places

Mawkaphan lies about 27 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 84 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 Mawkaphan
Tehsil headquarters	Mawsynram	1.5 km
Nearest town	Shella	15 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	27 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	84 km

Villages closest to Mawkaphan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawsynram 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 Mawkaphan

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawkaphan village had a population of 407. That makes it the 46th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Mawkaphan village has 202 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawkaphan has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Mawkaphan is 793121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawkaphan falls under Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawkaphan is Bamunigaon, about 84 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mawkaphan.

Mawkaphan is about 27 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.

Mawkaphan is in Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawsynram is about 1.5 km away. Shella is about 15 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.