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Lyngkein Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lyngkein is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 113 families residing. The Lyngkein village has population of 618 of which 329 are males while 289 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngkein village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 21.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngkein village is 878 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngkein as per census is 847, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngkein village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngkein village was 75.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngkein Male literacy stands at 69.26 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

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

Lyngkein Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 618 329 289
Child (0-6) 133 72 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 617 328 289
Literacy 75.88 % 69.26 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 221 168 53
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Lyngkein village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.84 % of total population in Lyngkein village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngkein village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lyngkein village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 99.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.