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About Mawlong Village

Mawlong is a mid sized village in Umling tehsil, in the district of Ribhoi, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 750, made up of 373 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawlong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawlong village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District Ribhoi
Tehsil Umling
Pincode 793102
Population 750
Male Population 373
Female Population 377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mawlong compares

By the 2011 count Mawlong is the 16th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 352 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Mawlong

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

Mawlong lies about 20 km from Ribhoi, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 18 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 Mawlong
Nearest railway station Kamalajari 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Umling 20 km
District headquarters Ribhoi 20 km
Nearest town Guwahati 39 km

Villages closest to Mawlong

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

Common questions about Mawlong

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawlong village had a population of 750. That makes it the 16th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 352 residents.

Mawlong village has 373 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawlong has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Mawlong is 793102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawlong falls under Umling tehsil of Ribhoi district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawlong is Kamalajari, about 18 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 village for Mawlong.

Mawlong is about 20 km from Ribhoi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawlong is in Umling tehsil of Ribhoi district. Kamalajari is about 18 km away. Umling is about 20 km away. Ribhoi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mawlong Sepngi (under 2 km), Umkon (2.1 km) and Jermanai (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Mawlong today is likely to be higher.

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