About Laitmawpen Village

Laitmawpen is a small village in Mawphlang tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 120 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laitmawpen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laitmawpen village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawphlang
Pincode	793121
Population	241
Male Population	120
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Laitmawpen compares

By the 2011 count Laitmawpen is the 133rd 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Laitmawpen

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

Laitmawpen lies about 4.1 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 73 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 Laitmawpen
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawphlang	7.5 km
Nearest town	Shillong	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	73 km

Villages closest to Laitmawpen

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 Laitmawpen

As per the Census of India 2011, Laitmawpen village had a population of 241. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 389 residents.

Laitmawpen village has 120 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laitmawpen has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

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

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

The nearest railway station to Laitmawpen is Kamalajari, about 73 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 Laitmawpen.

Laitmawpen is about 4.1 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.

Laitmawpen is in Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. East Khasi Hills is about 4.1 km away. Mawphlang is about 7.5 km away. Shillong is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.