Umsamlem Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umsamlem is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 148 families residing. The Umsamlem village has population of 821 of which 400 are males while 421 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsamlem village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 25.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsamlem village is 1053 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsamlem as per census is 963, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsamlem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsamlem village was 87.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsamlem Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 88.05 %.

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

Umsamlem Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	148	-	-
Population	821	400	421
Child (0-6)	210	107	103
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	818	398	420
Literacy	87.07 %	86.01 %	88.05 %
Total Workers	259	163	96
Main Worker	199	-	-
Marginal Worker	60	35	25

Caste Factor

In Umsamlem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Umsamlem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsamlem village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umsamlem village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 76.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.