Tamu Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Tamu is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 234 families residing. The Tamu village has population of 1195 of which 584 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tamu village population of children with age 0-6 is 330 which makes up 27.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tamu village is 1046 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tamu as per census is 1063, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tamu village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tamu village was 26.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tamu Male literacy stands at 22.17 % while female literacy rate was 29.93 %.

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

Tamu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	234	-	-
Population	1,195	584	611
Child (0-6)	330	160	170
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,186	581	605
Literacy	26.13 %	22.17 %	29.93 %
Total Workers	772	377	395
Main Worker	661	-	-
Marginal Worker	111	60	51

Caste Factor

In Tamu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.25 % of total population in Tamu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tamu village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Tamu village out of total population, 772 were engaged in work activities. 85.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 772 workers engaged in Main Work, 642 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.