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Umkhabaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umkhabaw is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 242 families residing. The Umkhabaw village has population of 1359 of which 728 are males while 631 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkhabaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 329 which makes up 24.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkhabaw village is 867 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkhabaw as per census is 1150, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkhabaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkhabaw village was 52.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkhabaw Male literacy stands at 63.13 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Umkhabaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,359 728 631
Child (0-6) 329 153 176
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,256 660 596
Literacy 52.91 % 63.13 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 511 363 148
Main Worker 440 - -
Marginal Worker 71 28 43

Caste Factor

In Umkhabaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.42 % of total population in Umkhabaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkhabaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umkhabaw village out of total population, 511 were engaged in work activities. 86.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 511 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.