Umdum Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umdum is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 93 families residing. The Umdum village has population of 600 of which 308 are males while 292 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umdum village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 26.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umdum village is 948 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umdum as per census is 670, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umdum village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umdum village was 79.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umdum Male literacy stands at 80.37 % while female literacy rate was 79.04 %.

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

Umdum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	600	308	292
Child (0-6)	157	94	63
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	596	305	291
Literacy	79.68 %	80.37 %	79.04 %
Total Workers	260	131	129
Main Worker	258	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Umdum village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 99.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 215 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.