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Phainuam Population - Kolasib, Mizoram

Phainuam is a medium size village located in Bilkhawthlir Block of Kolasib district, Mizoram with total 306 families residing. The Phainuam village has population of 1727 of which 868 are males while 859 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phainuam village population of children with age 0-6 is 350 which makes up 20.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phainuam village is 990 which is higher than Mizoram state average of 976. Child Sex Ratio for the Phainuam as per census is 977, higher than Mizoram average of 970.

Phainuam village has lower literacy rate compared to Mizoram. In 2011, literacy rate of Phainuam village was 83.66 % compared to 91.33 % of Mizoram. In Phainuam Male literacy stands at 87.12 % while female literacy rate was 80.17 %.

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

Phainuam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,727 868 859
Child (0-6) 350 177 173
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,234 627 607
Literacy 83.66 % 87.12 % 80.17 %
Total Workers 757 473 284
Main Worker 708 - -
Marginal Worker 49 14 35

Caste Factor

In Phainuam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.45 % of total population in Phainuam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Phainuam village of Kolasib.

Work Profile

In Phainuam village out of total population, 757 were engaged in work activities. 93.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 757 workers engaged in Main Work, 601 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.