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Lakma Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lakma is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 83 families residing. The Lakma village has population of 476 of which 247 are males while 229 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lakma village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 22.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lakma village is 927 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lakma as per census is 1304, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lakma village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lakma village was 44.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lakma Male literacy stands at 55.22 % while female literacy rate was 31.36 %.

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

Lakma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 476 247 229
Child (0-6) 106 46 60
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 452 225 227
Literacy 44.32 % 55.22 % 31.36 %
Total Workers 217 130 87
Main Worker 135 - -
Marginal Worker 82 3 79

Caste Factor

In Lakma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.96 % of total population in Lakma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lakma village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lakma village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 62.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.