Samasi Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Samasi is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Samasi village has population of 513 of which 234 are males while 279 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 24.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samasi village is 1192 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Samasi as per census is 1207, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Samasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Samasi village was 68.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Samasi Male literacy stands at 63.07 % while female literacy rate was 72.73 %.

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

Samasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	89	-	-
Population	513	234	279
Child (0-6)	128	58	70
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	509	233	276
Literacy	68.31 %	63.07 %	72.73 %
Total Workers	194	98	96
Main Worker	144	-	-
Marginal Worker	50	25	25

Caste Factor

In Samasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.22 % of total population in Samasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Samasi village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Samasi village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 74.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.