Laitumsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Laitumsaw is a medium size village located in Mawsynram Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Laitumsaw village has population of 293 of which 149 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laitumsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 22.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laitumsaw village is 966 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Laitumsaw as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Laitumsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Laitumsaw village was 94.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Laitumsaw Male literacy stands at 95.65 % while female literacy rate was 93.75 %.

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

Laitumsaw Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	58	-	-
Population	293	149	144
Child (0-6)	66	34	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	289	148	141
Literacy	94.71 %	95.65 %	93.75 %
Total Workers	106	72	34
Main Worker	45	-	-
Marginal Worker	61	43	18

Caste Factor

In Laitumsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.63 % of total population in Laitumsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laitumsaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Laitumsaw village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 42.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.