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Tum-Tum Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Tum-Tum is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 62 families residing. The Tum-Tum village has population of 373 of which 190 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tum-Tum village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 30.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tum-Tum village is 963 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tum-Tum as per census is 966, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tum-Tum village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tum-Tum village was 57.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tum-Tum Male literacy stands at 42.42 % while female literacy rate was 73.23 %.

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

Tum-Tum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 373 190 183
Child (0-6) 114 58 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 368 187 181
Literacy 57.53 % 42.42 % 73.23 %
Total Workers 150 102 48
Main Worker 144 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

In Tum-Tum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.66 % of total population in Tum-Tum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tum-Tum village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Tum-Tum village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 96.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 129 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.