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Laitkseh Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Laitkseh is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 168 families residing. The Laitkseh village has population of 1030 of which 532 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laitkseh village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 21.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laitkseh village is 936 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laitkseh as per census is 818, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laitkseh village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laitkseh village was 85.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laitkseh Male literacy stands at 83.45 % while female literacy rate was 87.22 %.

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

Laitkseh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 1,030 532 498
Child (0-6) 220 121 99
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,018 521 497
Literacy 85.31 % 83.45 % 87.22 %
Total Workers 422 219 203
Main Worker 320 - -
Marginal Worker 102 29 73

Caste Factor

In Laitkseh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.83 % of total population in Laitkseh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laitkseh village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Laitkseh village out of total population, 422 were engaged in work activities. 75.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 422 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.