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Lawmei Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawmei is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 191 families residing. The Lawmei village has population of 1102 of which 542 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawmei village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 23.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawmei village is 1033 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawmei as per census is 904, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawmei village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawmei village was 78.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawmei Male literacy stands at 75.12 % while female literacy rate was 81.24 %.

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

Lawmei Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 1,102 542 560
Child (0-6) 259 136 123
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,097 538 559
Literacy 78.29 % 75.12 % 81.24 %
Total Workers 592 290 302
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 185 43 142

Caste Factor

In Lawmei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.55 % of total population in Lawmei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawmei village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawmei village out of total population, 592 were engaged in work activities. 68.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 592 workers engaged in Main Work, 344 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.