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Lyngngai Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lyngngai is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Lyngngai village has population of 329 of which 163 are males while 166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngngai village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 22.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngngai village is 1018 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngngai as per census is 921, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngngai village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngngai village was 78.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngngai Male literacy stands at 84.80 % while female literacy rate was 71.76 %.

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

Lyngngai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 329 163 166
Child (0-6) 73 38 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 328 163 165
Literacy 78.13 % 84.80 % 71.76 %
Total Workers 174 84 90
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 80 0 80

Caste Factor

In Lyngngai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.70 % of total population in Lyngngai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngngai village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lyngngai village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 54.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.