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Laitlum Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Laitlum is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 148 families residing. The Laitlum village has population of 728 of which 366 are males while 362 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laitlum village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 20.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laitlum village is 989 which is equal than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laitlum as per census is 831, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laitlum village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laitlum village was 76.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laitlum Male literacy stands at 74.20 % while female literacy rate was 78.84 %.

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

Laitlum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 728 366 362
Child (0-6) 152 83 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 721 362 359
Literacy 76.56 % 74.20 % 78.84 %
Total Workers 421 214 207
Main Worker 340 - -
Marginal Worker 81 33 48

Caste Factor

In Laitlum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.04 % of total population in Laitlum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laitlum village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Laitlum village out of total population, 421 were engaged in work activities. 80.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 421 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.