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Umwahlang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umwahlang is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 79 families residing. The Umwahlang village has population of 448 of which 225 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umwahlang village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 28.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umwahlang village is 991 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umwahlang as per census is 1250, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umwahlang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umwahlang village was 72.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umwahlang Male literacy stands at 74.56 % while female literacy rate was 71.24 %.

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

Umwahlang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 448 225 223
Child (0-6) 126 56 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 445 222 223
Literacy 72.98 % 74.56 % 71.24 %
Total Workers 212 108 104
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 3 0 3

Caste Factor

In Umwahlang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.33 % of total population in Umwahlang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umwahlang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umwahlang village out of total population, 212 were engaged in work activities. 98.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 212 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.