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Lait-Sohphie Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lait-Sohphie is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Lait-Sohphie village has population of 607 of which 294 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lait-Sohphie village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 20.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lait-Sohphie village is 1065 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lait-Sohphie as per census is 1278, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lait-Sohphie village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lait-Sohphie village was 86.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lait-Sohphie Male literacy stands at 87.08 % while female literacy rate was 86.48 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lait-Sohphie 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 Lait-Sohphie village.

Lait-Sohphie Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 607 294 313
Child (0-6) 123 54 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 581 280 301
Literacy 86.78 % 87.08 % 86.48 %
Total Workers 181 124 57
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 30 19 11

Caste Factor

In Lait-Sohphie village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.72 % of total population in Lait-Sohphie village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lait-Sohphie village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lait-Sohphie village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 83.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.