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Cham Cham Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Cham Cham is a medium size village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 242 families residing. The Cham Cham village has population of 1453 of which 721 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cham Cham village population of children with age 0-6 is 408 which makes up 28.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cham Cham village is 1015 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Cham Cham as per census is 952, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Cham Cham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Cham Cham village was 54.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Cham Cham Male literacy stands at 53.52 % while female literacy rate was 55.53 %.

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

Cham Cham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,453 721 732
Child (0-6) 408 209 199
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,449 718 731
Literacy 54.55 % 53.52 % 55.53 %
Total Workers 532 269 263
Main Worker 305 - -
Marginal Worker 227 115 112

Caste Factor

In Cham Cham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Cham Cham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cham Cham village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Cham Cham village out of total population, 532 were engaged in work activities. 57.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 532 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.