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Saitsama Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Saitsama is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 189 families residing. The Saitsama village has population of 1114 of which 576 are males while 538 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saitsama village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 20.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saitsama village is 934 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Saitsama as per census is 847, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Saitsama village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Saitsama village was 36.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Saitsama Male literacy stands at 36.95 % while female literacy rate was 36.72 %.

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

Saitsama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 1,114 576 538
Child (0-6) 229 124 105
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,103 570 533
Literacy 36.84 % 36.95 % 36.72 %
Total Workers 516 267 249
Main Worker 499 - -
Marginal Worker 17 4 13

Caste Factor

In Saitsama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.01 % of total population in Saitsama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saitsama village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Saitsama village out of total population, 516 were engaged in work activities. 96.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 516 workers engaged in Main Work, 455 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.