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Umsaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsaw is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Umsaw village has population of 255 of which 127 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 29.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsaw village is 1008 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsaw as per census is 850, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsaw village was 72.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsaw Male literacy stands at 72.41 % while female literacy rate was 72.34 %.

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

Umsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 255 127 128
Child (0-6) 74 40 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 255 127 128
Literacy 72.38 % 72.41 % 72.34 %
Total Workers 97 59 38
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 25 17 8

Caste Factor

In Umsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Umsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsaw village out of total population, 97 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 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.