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Laitmawhing Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Laitmawhing is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Laitmawhing village has population of 259 of which 119 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laitmawhing village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 21.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laitmawhing village is 1176 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laitmawhing as per census is 1074, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laitmawhing village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laitmawhing village was 58.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laitmawhing Male literacy stands at 54.35 % while female literacy rate was 61.26 %.

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

Laitmawhing Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 259 119 140
Child (0-6) 56 27 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 258 118 140
Literacy 58.13 % 54.35 % 61.26 %
Total Workers 127 60 67
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Laitmawhing village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Laitmawhing village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laitmawhing village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Laitmawhing village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 96.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.