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Tombuma Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tombuma is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Tombuma village has population of 163 of which 86 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tombuma village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 15.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tombuma village is 895 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tombuma as per census is 563, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tombuma village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tombuma village was 85.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tombuma Male literacy stands at 88.57 % while female literacy rate was 82.35 %.

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

Tombuma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 163 86 77
Child (0-6) 25 16 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 158 83 75
Literacy 85.51 % 88.57 % 82.35 %
Total Workers 92 44 48
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 87 40 47

Caste Factor

In Tombuma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.93 % of total population in Tombuma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tombuma village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tombuma village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 5.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.