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Lawshlem Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawshlem is a small village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Lawshlem village has population of 197 of which 97 are males while 100 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawshlem village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 30.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawshlem village is 1031 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawshlem as per census is 1222, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawshlem village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawshlem village was 69.34 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawshlem Male literacy stands at 61.43 % while female literacy rate was 77.61 %.

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

Lawshlem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 197 97 100
Child (0-6) 60 27 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 195 96 99
Literacy 69.34 % 61.43 % 77.61 %
Total Workers 110 59 51
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

In Lawshlem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.98 % of total population in Lawshlem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawshlem village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawshlem village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 93.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.