About Mawsde Village

Mawsde is a small village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 68 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawsde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawsde village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkyrwat
Pincode	793114
Population	128
Male Population	68
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mawsde compares

By the 2011 count Mawsde is the 97th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, 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 Mawsde

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

Mawsde lies about 43 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 72 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 Mawsde
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkyrwat	9.7 km
Nearest town	Shella	27 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	43 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	72 km

Villages closest to Mawsde

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 Mawsde

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawsde village had a population of 128. That makes it the 97th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Mawsde village has 68 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawsde has about 882 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 Mawsde is 793114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

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

The nearest railway station to Mawsde is Bamunigaon, about 72 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 Mawsde.

Mawsde is about 43 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.

Mawsde is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Mawkyrwat is about 9.7 km away. Shella is about 27 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.