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Saba Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Saba is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 152 families residing. The Saba village has population of 921 of which 469 are males while 452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saba village population of children with age 0-6 is 294 which makes up 31.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saba village is 964 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Saba as per census is 838, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Saba village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Saba village was 44.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Saba Male literacy stands at 33.01 % while female literacy rate was 56.29 %.

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

Saba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 921 469 452
Child (0-6) 294 160 134
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 912 464 448
Literacy 44.82 % 33.01 % 56.29 %
Total Workers 369 200 169
Main Worker 167 - -
Marginal Worker 202 92 110

Caste Factor

In Saba village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.02 % of total population in Saba village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saba village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Saba village out of total population, 369 were engaged in work activities. 45.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 369 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.