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Umkrem Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umkrem is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 164 families residing. The Umkrem village has population of 1033 of which 527 are males while 506 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkrem village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 22.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkrem village is 960 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkrem as per census is 824, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkrem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkrem village was 79.25 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkrem Male literacy stands at 80.35 % while female literacy rate was 78.16 %.

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

Umkrem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 1,033 527 506
Child (0-6) 228 125 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,026 522 504
Literacy 79.25 % 80.35 % 78.16 %
Total Workers 386 206 180
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 43 8 35

Caste Factor

In Umkrem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Umkrem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkrem village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umkrem village out of total population, 386 were engaged in work activities. 88.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 386 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.