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Laitnamlang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Laitnamlang is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 123 families residing. The Laitnamlang village has population of 668 of which 302 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laitnamlang village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 22.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laitnamlang village is 1212 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laitnamlang as per census is 1227, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laitnamlang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laitnamlang village was 97.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laitnamlang Male literacy stands at 97.46 % while female literacy rate was 97.89 %.

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

Laitnamlang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 668 302 366
Child (0-6) 147 66 81
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 663 300 363
Literacy 97.70 % 97.46 % 97.89 %
Total Workers 558 250 308
Main Worker 536 - -
Marginal Worker 22 11 11

Caste Factor

In Laitnamlang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.25 % of total population in Laitnamlang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laitnamlang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Laitnamlang village out of total population, 558 were engaged in work activities. 96.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 558 workers engaged in Main Work, 430 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.