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About Lad Dommawiong Village

Lad Dommawiong is a small village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 33 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lad Dommawiong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lad Dommawiong village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District West Khasi Hills
Tehsil Mawkyrwat
Pincode 793114
Population 64
Male Population 33
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
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 Lad Dommawiong compares

By the 2011 count Lad Dommawiong is the 123rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 395 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Lad Dommawiong

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

Lad Dommawiong lies about 55 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Mirza, about 59 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 Lad Dommawiong
Nearest town Shillong 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Mawkyrwat 34 km
District headquarters West Khasi Hills 55 km
Nearest railway station Mirza 59 km

Villages closest to Lad Dommawiong

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

Common questions about Lad Dommawiong

As per the Census of India 2011, Lad Dommawiong village had a population of 64. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Lad Dommawiong village has 33 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lad Dommawiong has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Lad Dommawiong is 793114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lad Dommawiong falls under Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Lad Dommawiong is Mirza, about 59 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 Lad Dommawiong.

Lad Dommawiong is about 55 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lad Dommawiong is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Shillong is about 18 km away. Mawkyrwat is about 34 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Diwian Mawiong (under 2 km), Mawbidong (under 2 km) and Mawiong (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lad Dommawiong today is likely to be higher.

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