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Lakadong Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lakadong is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Lakadong village has population of 230 of which 118 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lakadong village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 22.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lakadong village is 949 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lakadong as per census is 1040, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lakadong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lakadong village was 84.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lakadong Male literacy stands at 80.65 % while female literacy rate was 88.37 %.

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

Lakadong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 230 118 112
Child (0-6) 51 25 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 224 112 112
Literacy 84.36 % 80.65 % 88.37 %
Total Workers 104 54 50
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 22 7 15

Caste Factor

In Lakadong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.39 % of total population in Lakadong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lakadong village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lakadong village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 78.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.