About Laitlum Village

Laitlum is a mid sized village in Mawkynrew tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 366 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laitlum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laitlum village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkynrew
Pincode	793015
Population	728
Male Population	366
Female Population	362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laitlum compares

By the 2011 count Laitlum is the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Laitlum

Laitlum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Laitlum as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Laitlum from other places

Laitlum lies about 19 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 58 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 Laitlum
Nearest town	Laitumkhrah	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkynrew	18 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	58 km

Villages closest to Laitlum

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawkynrew 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 Laitlum

As per the Census of India 2011, Laitlum village had a population of 728. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Laitlum village has 366 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laitlum has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Laitlum falls under Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Laitlum is Kamalajari, about 58 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 village for Laitlum.

Laitlum 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.

Laitlum is in Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Laitumkhrah is about under 2 km away. Mawkynrew is about 18 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.