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Gamkak Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Gamkak is a medium size village located in Yomcha Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 76 families residing. The Gamkak village has population of 437 of which 233 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamkak village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 18.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamkak village is 876 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamkak as per census is 1025, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Gamkak village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamkak village was 35.11 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Gamkak Male literacy stands at 43.52 % while female literacy rate was 25.15 %.

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

Gamkak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 437 233 204
Child (0-6) 81 40 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 160 77 83
Literacy 35.11 % 43.52 % 25.15 %
Total Workers 214 127 87
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 82 46 36

Caste Factor

In Gamkak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.61 % of total population in Gamkak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gamkak village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Gamkak village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 61.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.