Lawsiej Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawsiej is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 72 families residing. The Lawsiej village has population of 397 of which 198 are males while 199 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawsiej village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 28.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawsiej village is 1005 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawsiej as per census is 1196, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawsiej village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawsiej village was 30.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawsiej Male literacy stands at 25.85 % while female literacy rate was 35.51 %.

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

Lawsiej Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	72	-	-
Population	397	198	199
Child (0-6)	112	51	61
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	395	196	199
Literacy	30.53 %	25.85 %	35.51 %
Total Workers	132	98	34
Main Worker	95	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	19	18

Caste Factor

In Lawsiej village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.50 % of total population in Lawsiej village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawsiej village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawsiej village out of total population, 132 were engaged in work activities. 71.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 132 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.