Hissam Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Hissam is a medium size village located in Aalo Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 67 families residing. The Hissam village has population of 344 of which 158 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hissam village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 17.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hissam village is 1177 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Hissam as per census is 1103, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Hissam village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Hissam village was 67.84 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Hissam Male literacy stands at 73.64 % while female literacy rate was 62.99 %.

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

Hissam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	67	-	-
Population	344	158	186
Child (0-6)	61	29	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	282	124	158
Literacy	67.84 %	73.64 %	62.99 %
Total Workers	195	82	113
Main Worker	160	-	-
Marginal Worker	35	11	24

Caste Factor

In Hissam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.98 % of total population in Hissam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hissam village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Hissam village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 82.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.