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Umjei Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umjei is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Umjei village has population of 351 of which 167 are males while 184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umjei village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 23.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umjei village is 1102 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umjei as per census is 1184, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umjei village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umjei village was 76.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umjei Male literacy stands at 75.19 % while female literacy rate was 76.98 %.

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

Umjei Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 351 167 184
Child (0-6) 83 38 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 346 165 181
Literacy 76.12 % 75.19 % 76.98 %
Total Workers 156 82 74
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 25 12 13

Caste Factor

In Umjei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.58 % of total population in Umjei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umjei village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umjei village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 83.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.