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Upper Jambal Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Jambal is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 98 families residing. The Upper Jambal village has population of 531 of which 275 are males while 256 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Jambal village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 23.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Jambal village is 931 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Jambal as per census is 894, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Jambal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Jambal village was 66.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Jambal Male literacy stands at 67.94 % while female literacy rate was 63.96 %.

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

Upper Jambal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 531 275 256
Child (0-6) 125 66 59
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 525 269 256
Literacy 66.01 % 67.94 % 63.96 %
Total Workers 299 161 138
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 177 48 129

Caste Factor

In Upper Jambal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.87 % of total population in Upper Jambal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Jambal village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Jambal village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 40.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.