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Tainang Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tainang is a small village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Tainang village has population of 183 of which 86 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tainang village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 16.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tainang village is 1128 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tainang as per census is 1143, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tainang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tainang village was 83.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tainang Male literacy stands at 90.28 % while female literacy rate was 77.78 %.

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

Tainang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 183 86 97
Child (0-6) 30 14 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 177 83 94
Literacy 83.66 % 90.28 % 77.78 %
Total Workers 41 33 8
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Tainang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.72 % of total population in Tainang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tainang village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tainang village out of total population, 41 were engaged in work activities. 92.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 41 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.