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Lyngwa Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lyngwa is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Lyngwa village has population of 307 of which 158 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lyngwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 21.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lyngwa village is 943 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lyngwa as per census is 1129, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lyngwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lyngwa village was 60.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lyngwa Male literacy stands at 50.39 % while female literacy rate was 71.05 %.

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

Lyngwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 307 158 149
Child (0-6) 66 31 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 307 158 149
Literacy 60.17 % 50.39 % 71.05 %
Total Workers 140 86 54
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 49 35 14

Caste Factor

In Lyngwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Lyngwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lyngwa village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lyngwa village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 65.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.