About Lum Shken Village

Lum Shken is a mid sized village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 351 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lum Shken Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lum Shken village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	707
Male Population	351
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 Lum Shken compares

By the 2011 count Lum Shken is the 35th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Lum Shken

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

Lum Shken lies about 12 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Karimganj Junction, about 52 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 Lum Shken
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	12 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	12 km
Nearest town	Jowai	14 km
Nearest railway station	Karimganj Junction	52 km

Villages closest to Lum Shken

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khliehriat 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 Lum Shken

As per the Census of India 2011, Lum Shken village had a population of 707. That makes it the 35th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Lum Shken village has 351 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lum Shken has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Lum Shken is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lum Shken falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Lum Shken is Karimganj Junction, about 52 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 Lum Shken.

Lum Shken is about 12 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lum Shken is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 12 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 12 km away. Jowai is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.