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Silum Population - Dima Hasao, Assam

Silum is a medium size village located in Umrangso Circle of Dima Hasao district, Assam with total 48 families residing. The Silum village has population of 244 of which 127 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silum village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 16.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silum village is 921 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Silum as per census is 783, lower than Assam average of 962.

Silum village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Silum village was 84.24 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Silum Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 83.84 %.

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

Silum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 244 127 117
Child (0-6) 41 23 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 205 105 100
Literacy 84.24 % 84.62 % 83.84 %
Total Workers 61 53 8
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Silum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.02 % of total population in Silum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Silum village of Dima Hasao.

Work Profile

In Silum village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 98.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.