title: Mawlai
text: # Mawlai
  
  Mawlai is a census town in East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As of 2001 India census, Mawlai had a population of 38,241. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Mawlai has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 72%. In Mawlai, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religions in Mawlai (2011)
  
  Most of the people in the town follow Christianity, with significant followers of Hinduism and a small Muslim population.
  
  