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Bamkamar Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Bamkamar is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 188 families residing. The Bamkamar village has population of 1070 of which 535 are males while 535 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bamkamar village population of children with age 0-6 is 291 which makes up 27.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bamkamar village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bamkamar as per census is 940, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bamkamar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bamkamar village was 60.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bamkamar Male literacy stands at 49.35 % while female literacy rate was 71.32 %.

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

Bamkamar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 1,070 535 535
Child (0-6) 291 150 141
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,054 524 530
Literacy 60.46 % 49.35 % 71.32 %
Total Workers 502 263 239
Main Worker 501 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Bamkamar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.50 % of total population in Bamkamar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bamkamar village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Bamkamar village out of total population, 502 were engaged in work activities. 99.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 502 workers engaged in Main Work, 485 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.