About Mawksing Village

Mawksing is a small village in Mawsynram tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 52 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawksing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawksing village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawsynram
Pincode	793121
Population	110
Male Population	52
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mawksing compares

By the 2011 count Mawksing is the 125th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 336 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Mawksing

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

Mawksing lies about 34 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 86 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 Mawksing
Tehsil headquarters	Mawsynram	7.5 km
Nearest town	Shella	16 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	34 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	86 km

Villages closest to Mawksing

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 Mawksing

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawksing village had a population of 110. That makes it the 125th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Mawksing village has 52 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawksing has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

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

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

The nearest railway station to Mawksing is Bamunigaon, about 86 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 and private bus service as Available for Mawksing.

Mawksing is about 34 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.

Mawksing is in Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawsynram is about 7.5 km away. Shella is about 16 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.