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Umsaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsaw is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 126 families residing. The Umsaw village has population of 809 of which 418 are males while 391 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 22.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsaw village is 935 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsaw as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsaw village was 45.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsaw Male literacy stands at 44.21 % while female literacy rate was 46.51 %.

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 126 - -
Population 809 418 391
Child (0-6) 180 90 90
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 669 342 327
Literacy 45.31 % 44.21 % 46.51 %
Total Workers 384 210 174
Main Worker 377 - -
Marginal Worker 7 6 1

Caste Factor

In Umsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.69 % 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, 384 were engaged in work activities. 98.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 384 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.