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Tajum Population - East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Tajum is a medium size village located in Pasighat Circle of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 79 families residing. The Tajum village has population of 415 of which 215 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tajum village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 12.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tajum village is 930 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Tajum as per census is 1038, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Tajum village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tajum village was 58.84 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Tajum Male literacy stands at 68.25 % while female literacy rate was 48.55 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tajum village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tajum village.

Tajum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 415 215 200
Child (0-6) 53 26 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 112 50 62
Literacy 58.84 % 68.25 % 48.55 %
Total Workers 236 123 113
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

Tajum village of East Siang has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 26.99 % of total population in Tajum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tajum village of East Siang.

Work Profile

In Tajum village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 97.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.