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Samatan Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Samatan is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Samatan village has population of 572 of which 267 are males while 305 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samatan village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 29.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samatan village is 1142 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Samatan as per census is 1253, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Samatan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Samatan village was 51.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Samatan Male literacy stands at 40.63 % while female literacy rate was 61.61 %.

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

Samatan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 572 267 305
Child (0-6) 169 75 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 571 267 304
Literacy 51.61 % 40.63 % 61.61 %
Total Workers 183 107 76
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 18 7 11

Caste Factor

In Samatan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.83 % of total population in Samatan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Samatan village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Samatan village out of total population, 183 were engaged in work activities. 90.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 183 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.