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Lum Puthoi Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lum Puthoi is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 85 families residing. The Lum Puthoi village has population of 564 of which 283 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lum Puthoi village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 25.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lum Puthoi village is 993 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lum Puthoi as per census is 1266, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lum Puthoi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lum Puthoi village was 34.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lum Puthoi Male literacy stands at 45.66 % while female literacy rate was 22.50 %.

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

Lum Puthoi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 564 283 281
Child (0-6) 145 64 81
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 564 283 281
Literacy 34.61 % 45.66 % 22.50 %
Total Workers 306 172 134
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 175 71 104

Caste Factor

In Lum Puthoi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Lum Puthoi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lum Puthoi village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lum Puthoi village out of total population, 306 were engaged in work activities. 42.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 306 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.