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Lejri Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lejri is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 57 families residing. The Lejri village has population of 333 of which 176 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lejri village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 15.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lejri village is 892 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lejri as per census is 1208, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lejri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lejri village was 71.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lejri Male literacy stands at 72.37 % while female literacy rate was 71.09 %.

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

Lejri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 333 176 157
Child (0-6) 53 24 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 309 152 157
Literacy 71.79 % 72.37 % 71.09 %
Total Workers 101 90 11
Main Worker 99 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Lejri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.79 % of total population in Lejri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lejri village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lejri village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 98.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.