About Mawker Village

Mawker is a mid sized village in Umsning tehsil, in the district of Ribhoi, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 269 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawker village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Ribhoi
Tehsil	Umsning
Pincode	793105
Population	516
Male Population	269
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 Mawker compares

By the 2011 count Mawker is the 104th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 488 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Mawker

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

Mawker lies about 37 km from Ribhoi, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, 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 Mawker
Nearest town	Nongthymmai	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Umsning	27 km
District headquarters	Ribhoi	37 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	64 km

Villages closest to Mawker

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawker village had a population of 516. That makes it the 104th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 488 residents.

Mawker village has 269 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawker has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Mawker is 793105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawker falls under Umsning tehsil of Ribhoi district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawker is Kamalajari, 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 Mawker.

Mawker is about 37 km from Ribhoi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawker is in Umsning tehsil of Ribhoi district. Nongthymmai is about 11 km away. Umsning is about 27 km away. Ribhoi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.