Lyngkhung Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Lyngkhung is a medium size village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Lyngkhung village has population of 257 of which 140 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngkhung village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 16.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngkhung village is 836 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngkhung as per census is 909, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngkhung village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngkhung village was 73.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngkhung Male literacy stands at 83.05 % while female literacy rate was 60.82 %.

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

Lyngkhung Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	49	-	-
Population	257	140	117
Child (0-6)	42	22	20
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	249	135	114
Literacy	73.02 %	83.05 %	60.82 %
Total Workers	142	76	66
Main Worker	85	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	29	28

Caste Factor

In Lyngkhung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.89 % of total population in Lyngkhung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngkhung village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Lyngkhung village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 59.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.