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Lyngkynshieh Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lyngkynshieh is a medium size village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Lyngkynshieh village has population of 240 of which 102 are males while 138 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngkynshieh village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 18.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngkynshieh village is 1353 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngkynshieh as per census is 1750, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngkynshieh village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngkynshieh village was 88.27 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngkynshieh Male literacy stands at 88.37 % while female literacy rate was 88.18 %.

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

Lyngkynshieh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 240 102 138
Child (0-6) 44 16 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 240 102 138
Literacy 88.27 % 88.37 % 88.18 %
Total Workers 106 49 57
Main Worker 102 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Lyngkynshieh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Lyngkynshieh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngkynshieh village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lyngkynshieh village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 96.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.