Tangnub Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Tangnub is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 69 families residing. The Tangnub village has population of 410 of which 204 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tangnub village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 27.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tangnub village is 1010 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tangnub as per census is 932, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tangnub village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tangnub village was 79.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tangnub Male literacy stands at 80.69 % while female literacy rate was 78.81 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tangnub 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 Tangnub village.

Tangnub Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	69	-	-
Population	410	204	206
Child (0-6)	114	59	55
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	402	200	202
Literacy	79.73 %	80.69 %	78.81 %
Total Workers	156	82	74
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	146	76	70

Caste Factor

In Tangnub village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.05 % of total population in Tangnub village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tangnub village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Tangnub village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 6.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.