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Lyngkhwir Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lyngkhwir is a small village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Lyngkhwir village has population of 114 of which 57 are males while 57 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngkhwir village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 20.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngkhwir village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngkhwir as per census is 1556, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngkhwir village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngkhwir village was 89.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngkhwir Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 95.35 %.

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

Lyngkhwir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 114 57 57
Child (0-6) 23 9 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 112 56 56
Literacy 89.01 % 83.33 % 95.35 %
Total Workers 66 35 31
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Lyngkhwir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.25 % of total population in Lyngkhwir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngkhwir village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lyngkhwir village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.