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Lawbah Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawbah is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 231 families residing. The Lawbah village has population of 1280 of which 634 are males while 646 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawbah village population of children with age 0-6 is 237 which makes up 18.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawbah village is 1019 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawbah as per census is 866, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawbah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawbah village was 93.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawbah Male literacy stands at 93.89 % while female literacy rate was 92.72 %.

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

Lawbah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,280 634 646
Child (0-6) 237 127 110
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,273 629 644
Literacy 93.29 % 93.89 % 92.72 %
Total Workers 451 288 163
Main Worker 449 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Lawbah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.45 % of total population in Lawbah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawbah village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawbah village out of total population, 451 were engaged in work activities. 99.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 451 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.