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Lum Shyrmit Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lum Shyrmit is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 227 families residing. The Lum Shyrmit village has population of 1378 of which 655 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lum Shyrmit village population of children with age 0-6 is 369 which makes up 26.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lum Shyrmit village is 1104 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lum Shyrmit as per census is 1223, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lum Shyrmit village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lum Shyrmit village was 30.72 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lum Shyrmit Male literacy stands at 27.81 % while female literacy rate was 33.46 %.

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

Lum Shyrmit Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 227 - -
Population 1,378 655 723
Child (0-6) 369 166 203
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,373 651 722
Literacy 30.72 % 27.81 % 33.46 %
Total Workers 547 286 261
Main Worker 482 - -
Marginal Worker 65 32 33

Caste Factor

In Lum Shyrmit village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.64 % of total population in Lum Shyrmit village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lum Shyrmit village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lum Shyrmit village out of total population, 547 were engaged in work activities. 88.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 547 workers engaged in Main Work, 459 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.