About Lum Shnong Village

Lum Shnong is a mid sized village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,945, made up of 1,017 males and 928 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lum Shnong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lum Shnong village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793200
Population	1,945
Male Population	1,017
Female Population	928
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lum Shnong compares

By the 2011 count Lum Shnong is the 13th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Lum Shnong

Lum Shnong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lum Shnong 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 Lum Shnong from other places

Lum Shnong lies about 9.8 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 43 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 Shnong
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	9.8 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	9.8 km
Nearest town	Jowai	27 km
Nearest railway station	Hilara	43 km

Villages closest to Lum Shnong

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 Shnong

As per the Census of India 2011, Lum Shnong village had a population of 1,945. That makes it the 13th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Lum Shnong village has 1,017 males and 928 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lum Shnong has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Lum Shnong is 793200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

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

The nearest railway station to Lum Shnong is Hilara, about 43 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 Lum Shnong.

Lum Shnong is about 9.8 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 Shnong is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 9.8 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 9.8 km away. Jowai is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.