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Lawrynjam Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawrynjam is a small village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Lawrynjam village has population of 132 of which 66 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawrynjam village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 20.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawrynjam village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawrynjam as per census is 588, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawrynjam village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawrynjam village was 82.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawrynjam Male literacy stands at 83.67 % while female literacy rate was 82.14 %.

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

Lawrynjam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 132 66 66
Child (0-6) 27 17 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 131 66 65
Literacy 82.86 % 83.67 % 82.14 %
Total Workers 51 23 28
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Lawrynjam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.24 % of total population in Lawrynjam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawrynjam village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawrynjam village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 98.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.