About Mawkliaw Village

Mawkliaw is a small village in Shella Bholaganj tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 141 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawkliaw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawkliaw village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Shella Bholaganj
Pincode	793111
Population	269
Male Population	141
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
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 Mawkliaw compares

By the 2011 count Mawkliaw is the 51st largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 344 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Mawkliaw

Mawkliaw is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mawkliaw 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 Mawkliaw from other places

Mawkliaw lies about 22 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 64 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 Mawkliaw
Nearest town	Shella	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shella Bholaganj	22 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	22 km
Nearest railway station	শাহবাজপুর	64 km

Villages closest to Mawkliaw

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shella Bholaganj 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 Mawkliaw

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawkliaw village had a population of 269. That makes it the 51st largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 344 residents.

Mawkliaw village has 141 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawkliaw has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Mawkliaw is 793111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawkliaw falls under Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawkliaw is শাহবাজপুর, about 64 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 Mawkliaw.

Mawkliaw is about 22 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.

Mawkliaw is in Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 19 km away. Shella Bholaganj is about 22 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.