Mawlynnong

Mawlynnong
Village
Mawlynnong
Coordinates: 25°11′59″N 91°55′54″E / 25.19972°N 91.93167°E / 25.19972; 91.93167Coordinates: 25°11′59″N 91°55′54″E / 25.19972°N 91.93167°E / 25.19972; 91.93167
Country  India
State Meghalaya
District East Khasi Hills
Block Pynursla
Population (2015)
 • Total 500
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Mawlynnong is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of the Meghalaya state, India.[1] Mawlynnong is famous for its matrilineal society[2] as well as having been dubbed Asia's cleanest village.[3]

It comes under the Pynursla community development block and Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency.[4]

Geography

Mawlynnong is located 90 km from Shillong, along the India-Bangladesh border.[5]

Demographics

As of June 2015 it had 500 residents.[6]

As of 2014, there are about 95 households in Mawlynnong.[7] The literacy rate is 100%.[8] Agriculture is the chief occupation of the local population, with betel nut being the main crop.[8] The people residing in the community are Khasi people.[6]

Matrilineal Society

As is the tradition of the Khasi people, in Mawlynnong property and wealth are passed from the mother to the youngest of her daughters, who also keeps the mother's surname.[9]

Sanitation

Mawlynnong is known for its cleanliness.[10] The waste is collected in the dustbins made of bamboo, directed to a pit and then used as manure. The travel magazine Discover India declared the village as the cleanest in Asia in 2003, and the cleanest in India in 2005.[8] The phrase has since caught on. Moasunep Kichu's documentary on the village, for instance, is called Asia's Cleanest Village.[11] http://www.sancharexpress.com/states/16623-mawlynnong-asia-cleanest-village-meghalaya.html

References

  1. ↑ IAY Report for Financial year 2010-2011
  2. ↑ Kingdom of girls: Women hold power in this remote Indian village" 'Washington Post. April 17th 2015. Retrieved on June 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Asia's Cleanest Village is in Meghalaya".
  4. ↑ Electoral roll of Pynurla (ST) constituency, Election Department, Government of Meghalaya.
  5. ↑ Magical Mawlynnong, Meghalaya Tourism
  6. 1 2 Nieves, Evelyn. "Girls Rule in an Indian Village" (Archive). The New York Times. June 3, 2015. Retrieved on June 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Availability of MGNrega data on MGNREGA soft MIS
  8. 1 2 3 Eco Destination, Department of Tourism, Government of Meghalaya
  9. ↑ Where women of India rule the roost and men demand gender equality" 'The Guardian. January 18th 2011. Retrieved on June 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ Mawlynnong - the cleanest village of Asia, India-north-east.com
  11. ↑ Asia's Cleanest Village by EMMRC K, 2013-06-21, retrieved 2015-04-20

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