Umpung Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umpung is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Umpung village has population of 659 of which 331 are males while 328 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umpung village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 22.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umpung village is 991 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umpung as per census is 835, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umpung village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umpung village was 98.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umpung Male literacy stands at 99.21 % while female literacy rate was 97.71 %.

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

Umpung Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	114	-	-
Population	659	331	328
Child (0-6)	145	79	66
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	654	329	325
Literacy	98.44 %	99.21 %	97.71 %
Total Workers	308	162	146
Main Worker	208	-	-
Marginal Worker	100	23	77

Caste Factor

In Umpung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.24 % of total population in Umpung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umpung village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umpung village out of total population, 308 were engaged in work activities. 67.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 308 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.