Mawbawein is a village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya. Situated in rural part of East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, it is one of the 98 villages of Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district. According to the administration records, the village number of Mawbawein is 278568. The village has 30 homes.
According to Census 2011, Mawbawein's population is 124. Out of this, 67 are males whereas the females count 57 here. This village has 27 children in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 15 are boys and 12 are girls.
Literacy rate in Mawbawein village is 27%. 34 out of total 124 population is literate here. In males the literacy rate is 28% as 19 males out of total 67 are literate while female literacy rate is 26% as 15 out of total 57 females are literate in this Village.
The dark part is that illiteracy rate of Mawbawein village is shockingly high -- 72%. Here 90 out of total 124 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 71% as 48 males out of total 67 are uneducated. Among the females the illiteracy rate is 73% and 42 out of total 57 females are illiterate in this village.
The count of working people of Mawbawein village is 63 whereas 61 are non-working. And out of 63 working individual 56 persons are completely dependent on cultivation.