Lamjew Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lamjew is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Lamjew village has population of 193 of which 89 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lamjew village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 26.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lamjew village is 1169 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lamjew as per census is 1217, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lamjew village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lamjew village was 83.80 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lamjew Male literacy stands at 84.85 % while female literacy rate was 82.89 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lamjew 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 Lamjew village.

Lamjew Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	193	89	104
Child (0-6)	51	23	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	193	89	104
Literacy	83.80 %	84.85 %	82.89 %
Total Workers	101	51	50
Main Worker	78	-	-
Marginal Worker	23	12	11

Caste Factor

In Lamjew village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Lamjew village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lamjew village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lamjew village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 77.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.