Abima Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Abima is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 85 families residing. The Abima village has population of 548 of which 274 are males while 274 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Abima village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 17.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Abima village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Abima as per census is 1341, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Abima village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Abima village was 75.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Abima Male literacy stands at 76.82 % while female literacy rate was 73.97 %.

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

Abima Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	85	-	-
Population	548	274	274
Child (0-6)	96	41	55
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	540	271	269
Literacy	75.44 %	76.82 %	73.97 %
Total Workers	281	152	129
Main Worker	226	-	-
Marginal Worker	55	32	23

Caste Factor

In Abima village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.54 % of total population in Abima village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Abima village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Abima village out of total population, 281 were engaged in work activities. 80.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.