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Lawkynter Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lawkynter is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 62 families residing. The Lawkynter village has population of 410 of which 208 are males while 202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawkynter village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 23.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawkynter village is 971 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawkynter as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lawkynter village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawkynter village was 65.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lawkynter Male literacy stands at 58.75 % while female literacy rate was 72.73 %.

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

Lawkynter Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 410 208 202
Child (0-6) 96 48 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 409 208 201
Literacy 65.61 % 58.75 % 72.73 %
Total Workers 200 105 95
Main Worker 187 - -
Marginal Worker 13 1 12

Caste Factor

In Lawkynter village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.76 % of total population in Lawkynter village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lawkynter village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lawkynter village out of total population, 200 were engaged in work activities. 93.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 200 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.