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Lumstong Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lumstong is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 162 families residing. The Lumstong village has population of 1022 of which 503 are males while 519 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lumstong village population of children with age 0-6 is 297 which makes up 29.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lumstong village is 1032 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lumstong as per census is 916, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lumstong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lumstong village was 31.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lumstong Male literacy stands at 23.28 % while female literacy rate was 39.26 %.

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

Lumstong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 162 - -
Population 1,022 503 519
Child (0-6) 297 155 142
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,008 496 512
Literacy 31.59 % 23.28 % 39.26 %
Total Workers 479 246 233
Main Worker 240 - -
Marginal Worker 239 124 115

Caste Factor

In Lumstong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.63 % of total population in Lumstong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lumstong village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lumstong village out of total population, 479 were engaged in work activities. 50.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 479 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.