Lynshing Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lynshing is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 264 families residing. The Lynshing village has population of 1285 of which 621 are males while 664 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lynshing village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 21.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lynshing village is 1069 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lynshing as per census is 1074, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lynshing village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lynshing village was 68.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lynshing Male literacy stands at 62.76 % while female literacy rate was 73.99 %.

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

Lynshing Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	264	-	-
Population	1,285	621	664
Child (0-6)	280	135	145
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,280	617	663
Literacy	68.56 %	62.76 %	73.99 %
Total Workers	623	321	302
Main Worker	537	-	-
Marginal Worker	86	15	71

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Lynshing village out of total population, 623 were engaged in work activities. 86.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 623 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 318 were Agricultural labourer.