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Lumwahniai Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lumwahniai is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Lumwahniai village has population of 348 of which 171 are males while 177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lumwahniai village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 21.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lumwahniai village is 1035 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lumwahniai as per census is 974, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lumwahniai village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lumwahniai village was 81.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lumwahniai Male literacy stands at 83.46 % while female literacy rate was 79.29 %.

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

Lumwahniai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 348 171 177
Child (0-6) 75 38 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 345 169 176
Literacy 81.32 % 83.46 % 79.29 %
Total Workers 131 83 48
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 26 18 8

Caste Factor

In Lumwahniai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.14 % of total population in Lumwahniai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lumwahniai village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lumwahniai village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 80.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.