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Umtap Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umtap is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Umtap village has population of 244 of which 124 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umtap village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 23.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umtap village is 968 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umtap as per census is 727, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umtap village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umtap village was 91.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umtap Male literacy stands at 91.21 % while female literacy rate was 92.71 %.

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

Umtap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 244 124 120
Child (0-6) 57 33 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 243 123 120
Literacy 91.98 % 91.21 % 92.71 %
Total Workers 126 63 63
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Umtap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.59 % of total population in Umtap village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umtap village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umtap village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 98.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.