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Lyngkhat Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lyngkhat is a small village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Lyngkhat village has population of 152 of which 83 are males while 69 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngkhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 15.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngkhat village is 831 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngkhat as per census is 3800, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngkhat village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngkhat village was 67.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngkhat Male literacy stands at 75.64 % while female literacy rate was 56.00 %.

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

Lyngkhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 152 83 69
Child (0-6) 24 5 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 73 35 38
Literacy 67.97 % 75.64 % 56.00 %
Total Workers 75 63 12
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Lyngkhat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.03 % of total population in Lyngkhat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngkhat village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lyngkhat village out of total population, 75 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 75 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.