SARBA SIKSHA ABHIYAN
Sarba Siksha Abhiyan is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for all children in the age group of 06 to 14 years by 2010 A.D. It also aims at bridging the social and gender gaps in the community. In order to attain these objectives, a thorough house-hold survey has been recently conducted by the Education Department. The brief result of Survey is as follows.
Number of Households in the District (Caste–wise)
Sl. No.	Caste Distribution	No. of Households
		Ambassa Block	Salema Block	Dumburnagar Block	Manu Block	Chawmanu Block	Total
1	SC	1217	7344	962	1277	89	10889
2	ST	6497	5595	6217	8285	4265	30859
3	OBC	1622	6940	468	1676	97	10803
4	Others	1998	3606	242	1569	410	7825
Total:		11334	23485	7889	12807	4861	60376
Education Level – wise Number of Heads of Households in the District
Sl. No.	Education Level of Heads of Households	No. of Households
		Ambassa Block	Salema Block	Manu Block	Chawmanu Block	Dumburnagar Block	Total
1	O-Illiterate	3985	5250	4044	2346	4047	19672
2	1- Literate	1791	4020	1399	497	1503	9210
3	2-Primary	2430	6612	4141	1445	1238	15866
4	3-Upper Primary	1584	3819	1970	278	661	8312
5	4-Secondary	1225	2611	1050	242	401	5529
6	5-College /University	319	1173	230	53	39	1787
Total:-		11334	23485	12834	4861	7889	60376
Occupation – wise Number of Heads of Households in the District
Sl. No.	Occupation  of Heads of Households	No. of Households
		Ambassa Block	Salema Block	Manu Block	Chawmanu Block	Dumburnagar Block	Total
1	O-BPL Family	4113	8576	5966	2953	4805	26413
2	1- Daily wages worker	2718	5431	2076	623	974	11822
3	2-Farmer	1953	4097	2030	894	1175	10149
4	3-Family Occupation	298	701	318	57	77	1451
5	4-Own Business	984	1592	1042	73	257	3948
6	5-Regular Salaried Employment	1268	3088	1375	261	601	6593
Total:-		11334	23485	12807	4861	7889	60376
Size – wise Number of  Households in the District
Sl. No.	Size of Households	No. of Households
		Ambassa Block	Salema Block	Manu Block	Chawmanu Block	Dumburnagar Block	Total
1	Average Size(4)	2678	5353	3072	967	1419	13489
2	Smallest Size (below 4)	2998	6078	3001	1276	1731	14984
3	Largest Size (above 4)	5658	12054	6734	2618	4839	31903
Total:-		11334	23485	12807	4861	7989	60376
No. of Children in the Age Group of 06-14 under Dhalai District
Item	No. of Children in the Age Group of 06-14
	Ambassa Block		Salema Block		Dumburnagar Block		Manu Block		Chawmanu Block		Total
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
A. Total	6665	5982	12388	11575	5640	4862	3834	7378	3378	2671	36105	32468
B. Attending School	5261	4476	10943	10185	3698	2699	6654	5689	2366	1717	28922	24766
C. Dropped-out	420	464	714	708	583	588	584	604	517	935	2828	2759
D. Never gone to School	984	2042	731	682	1359	1575	796	1085	495	559	4365	4943
Block-wise Drop out and Non-enrolment Dhalai District
Reason	Name of Block	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Drop-out	1. Ambassa	-	75	129	33	18	3	88	43	461	34	884
	2. Salema	23	124	72	99	48	13	186	36	805	16	1422
	3. Dumburnagar		145	88	102	46	48	60	105	576	1	1171
	4. Manu		94	76	55	37	14	117	53	710	32	1181
	5. Chawmanu		146	301	24	17	12	84	7	321	0	912
	Total :		23	666	313	166	90	535	244	2873	83	5577
Non Enrolment	1. Ambassa	178	172	69	38	31	3	151	395	952	37	2026
	2. Salema	770	60	75	37	3	14	60	33	345	16	1413
	3. Dumburnagar	7	672	147	95	33	70	316	677	897	20	2934
	4. Manu	0	449	111	47	64	5	155	65	907	78	1881
	5. Chawmanu	0	117	122	20	64	41	20	180	470	20	1054
	Total :	955	1470	524	237	195	133	702	1350	3571	171	9308
Reasons for Drop-out and Non-Enrolment:-
0- Not Applicable, 1 = Household work, 2= Family Occupation, 3 + Working for wages, 4 = Looking after Siblings, 5 = School is not good, 6 = Not interest in Studies, 7 = School not available, 8 = Financially not able, 9 = Any other Reason