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Lawdap Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawdap is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Lawdap village has population of 163 of which 90 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawdap village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 30.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawdap village is 811 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawdap as per census is 515, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawdap village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawdap village was 84.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawdap Male literacy stands at 82.46 % while female literacy rate was 85.71 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lawdap village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Lawdap village.

Lawdap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 163 90 73
Child (0-6) 50 33 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 154 85 69
Literacy 84.07 % 82.46 % 85.71 %
Total Workers 54 27 27
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 7 3 4

Caste Factor

In Lawdap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.48 % of total population in Lawdap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawdap village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawdap village out of total population, 54 were engaged in work activities. 87.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 54 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.