About Laitmawhing Village

Laitmawhing is a small village in Mawphlang tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 119 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laitmawhing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laitmawhing village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawphlang
Pincode	793121
Population	259
Male Population	119
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,176
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 Laitmawhing compares

By the 2011 count Laitmawhing is the 127th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 389 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Laitmawhing

Laitmawhing is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Laitmawhing 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 Laitmawhing from other places

Laitmawhing 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 Laitmawhing
Tehsil headquarters	Mawphlang	18 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	19 km
Nearest town	Shella	24 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	76 km

Villages closest to Laitmawhing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laitmawhing village had a population of 259. That makes it the 127th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 389 residents.

Laitmawhing village has 119 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laitmawhing has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Laitmawhing is 793121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laitmawhing falls under Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Laitmawhing 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 Laitmawhing.

Laitmawhing 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.

Laitmawhing is in Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawphlang is about 18 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.