About Mawpen Village

Mawpen is a small village in Mairang tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 199 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawpen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawpen village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mairang
Pincode	793120
Population	402
Male Population	199
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
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 Mawpen compares

By the 2011 count Mawpen is the 69th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 479 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Mawpen

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

Mawpen lies about 40 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 75 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 Mawpen
Nearest town	Shella	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mairang	28 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	40 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	75 km

Villages closest to Mawpen

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawpen village had a population of 402. That makes it the 69th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 479 residents.

Mawpen village has 199 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawpen has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Mawpen is 793120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawpen falls under Mairang tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawpen is Bamunigaon, about 75 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 Mawpen.

Mawpen is about 40 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawpen is in Mairang tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 27 km away. Mairang is about 28 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.