Old Bam Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Old Bam is a medium size village located in Basar Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 153 families residing. The Old Bam village has population of 762 of which 416 are males while 346 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Old Bam village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Old Bam village is 832 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Old Bam as per census is 913, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Old Bam village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Old Bam village was 63.80 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Old Bam Male literacy stands at 70.81 % while female literacy rate was 55.26 %.

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

Old Bam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	153	-	-
Population	762	416	346
Child (0-6)	88	46	42
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	608	300	308
Literacy	63.80 %	70.81 %	55.26 %
Total Workers	347	234	113
Main Worker	311	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	34	2

Caste Factor

In Old Bam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.79 % of total population in Old Bam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Old Bam village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Old Bam village out of total population, 347 were engaged in work activities. 89.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 347 workers engaged in Main Work, 209 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.