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Lapangap Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lapangap is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 195 families residing. The Lapangap village has population of 931 of which 481 are males while 450 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lapangap village population of children with age 0-6 is 246 which makes up 26.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lapangap village is 936 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lapangap as per census is 922, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lapangap village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lapangap village was 32.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lapangap Male literacy stands at 30.88 % while female literacy rate was 33.43 %.

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

Lapangap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 931 481 450
Child (0-6) 246 128 118
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 919 476 443
Literacy 32.12 % 30.88 % 33.43 %
Total Workers 476 247 229
Main Worker 314 - -
Marginal Worker 162 36 126

Caste Factor

In Lapangap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.71 % of total population in Lapangap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lapangap village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lapangap village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 65.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 297 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.