About Mawpat Village

Mawpat is a small village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 283, made up of 154 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawpat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawpat village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkyrwat
Pincode	793114
Population	283
Male Population	154
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mawpat compares

By the 2011 count Mawpat is the 60th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Mawpat

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

Mawpat lies about 51 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 87 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 Mawpat
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkyrwat	13 km
Nearest town	Shella	14 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	51 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	87 km

Villages closest to Mawpat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawpat village had a population of 283. That makes it the 60th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Mawpat village has 154 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawpat has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Mawpat is 793114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawpat falls under Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawpat is Bamunigaon, about 87 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 Mawpat.

Mawpat is about 51 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.

Mawpat is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Mawkyrwat is about 13 km away. Shella is about 14 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.