About Laitmawsiang Village

Laitmawsiang is a mid sized village in Khatarshnong Laitkroh tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 312 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laitmawsiang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laitmawsiang village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Khatarshnong Laitkroh
Pincode	793015
Population	658
Male Population	312
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,109
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laitmawsiang compares

By the 2011 count Laitmawsiang is the 14th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 359 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Laitmawsiang

Laitmawsiang is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Laitmawsiang as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Laitmawsiang from other places

Laitmawsiang lies about 19 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 76 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Laitmawsiang
Tehsil headquarters	Khatarshnong Laitkroh	19 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	19 km
Nearest town	Shella	24 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	76 km

Villages closest to Laitmawsiang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khatarshnong Laitkroh tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Laitmawsiang

As per the Census of India 2011, Laitmawsiang village had a population of 658. That makes it the 14th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 359 residents.

Laitmawsiang village has 312 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laitmawsiang has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Laitmawsiang is 793015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laitmawsiang falls under Khatarshnong Laitkroh tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Laitmawsiang is Bamunigaon, about 76 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Laitmawsiang.

Laitmawsiang is about 19 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laitmawsiang is in Khatarshnong Laitkroh tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Khatarshnong Laitkroh is about 19 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 19 km away. Shella is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.