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Laru Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Laru is a small village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Laru village has population of 137 of which 73 are males while 64 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laru village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 27.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laru village is 877 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laru as per census is 1643, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laru village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laru village was 1.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laru Male literacy stands at 1.69 % while female literacy rate was 0.00 %.

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

Laru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 137 73 64
Child (0-6) 37 14 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 136 72 64
Literacy 1.00 % 1.69 % 0.00 %
Total Workers 75 44 31
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Laru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.27 % of total population in Laru village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laru village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Laru 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, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.