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Lapalang Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lapalang is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 297 families residing. The Lapalang village has population of 1753 of which 874 are males while 879 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lapalang village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 17.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lapalang village is 1006 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lapalang as per census is 950, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lapalang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lapalang village was 76.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lapalang Male literacy stands at 75.91 % while female literacy rate was 77.99 %.

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

Lapalang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 297 - -
Population 1,753 874 879
Child (0-6) 312 160 152
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,753 874 879
Literacy 76.96 % 75.91 % 77.99 %
Total Workers 668 435 233
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 177 91 86

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Lapalang village out of total population, 668 were engaged in work activities. 73.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 668 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 362 were Agricultural labourer.