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Amtasam Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Amtasam is a small village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Amtasam village has population of 161 of which 85 are males while 76 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amtasam village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 22.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amtasam village is 894 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amtasam as per census is 636, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amtasam village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amtasam village was 86.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amtasam Male literacy stands at 87.30 % while female literacy rate was 85.48 %.

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

Amtasam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 161 85 76
Child (0-6) 36 22 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 160 84 76
Literacy 86.40 % 87.30 % 85.48 %
Total Workers 69 42 27
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 8 7 1

Caste Factor

In Amtasam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Amtasam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amtasam village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Amtasam village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 88.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.