Lum Shken Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lum Shken is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 112 families residing. The Lum Shken village has population of 707 of which 351 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lum Shken village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 30.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lum Shken village is 1014 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lum Shken as per census is 1194, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lum Shken village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lum Shken village was 17.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lum Shken Male literacy stands at 15.02 % while female literacy rate was 20.92 %.

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

Lum Shken Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	112	-	-
Population	707	351	356
Child (0-6)	215	98	117
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	704	350	354
Literacy	17.89 %	15.02 %	20.92 %
Total Workers	330	180	150
Main Worker	201	-	-
Marginal Worker	129	72	57

Caste Factor

In Lum Shken village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Lum Shken village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lum Shken village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lum Shken village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 60.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.