About Mawpon Village

Mawpon is a small village in Mawthadraishan tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 134 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 776 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawpon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawpon village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawthadraishan
Pincode	793119
Population	238
Male Population	134
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	776
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 Mawpon compares

By the 2011 count Mawpon is the 70th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 471 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Mawpon

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

Mawpon lies about 53 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Mirza, about 79 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 Mawpon
Nearest town	Shella	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawthadraishan	24 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	53 km
Nearest railway station	Mirza	79 km

Villages closest to Mawpon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawpon village had a population of 238. That makes it the 70th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 471 residents.

Mawpon village has 134 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawpon has about 776 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Mawpon is 793119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawpon falls under Mawthadraishan tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Mawpon is Mirza, about 79 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 Mawpon.

Mawpon is about 53 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.

Mawpon is in Mawthadraishan tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 21 km away. Mawthadraishan is about 24 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.