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Laitmawsiang Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Laitmawsiang is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 154 families residing. The Laitmawsiang village has population of 852 of which 407 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laitmawsiang village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 20.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laitmawsiang village is 1093 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laitmawsiang as per census is 1159, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laitmawsiang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laitmawsiang village was 89.48 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laitmawsiang Male literacy stands at 87.38 % while female literacy rate was 91.43 %.

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

Laitmawsiang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 154 - -
Population 852 407 445
Child (0-6) 177 82 95
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 851 407 444
Literacy 89.48 % 87.38 % 91.43 %
Total Workers 301 181 120
Main Worker 299 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Laitmawsiang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.88 % of total population in Laitmawsiang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laitmawsiang village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Laitmawsiang village out of total population, 301 were engaged in work activities. 99.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 301 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.