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Umdang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umdang is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 234 families residing. The Umdang village has population of 1457 of which 731 are males while 726 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umdang village population of children with age 0-6 is 338 which makes up 23.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umdang village is 993 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umdang as per census is 1074, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umdang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umdang village was 64.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umdang Male literacy stands at 66.90 % while female literacy rate was 61.16 %.

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

Umdang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 234 - -
Population 1,457 731 726
Child (0-6) 338 163 175
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,407 705 702
Literacy 64.08 % 66.90 % 61.16 %
Total Workers 906 462 444
Main Worker 898 - -
Marginal Worker 8 0 8

Caste Factor

In Umdang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.57 % of total population in Umdang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umdang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umdang village out of total population, 906 were engaged in work activities. 99.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 906 workers engaged in Main Work, 519 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.