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Umtung Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umtung is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 139 families residing. The Umtung village has population of 797 of which 413 are males while 384 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umtung village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 23.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umtung village is 930 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umtung as per census is 1011, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umtung village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umtung village was 94.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umtung Male literacy stands at 96.87 % while female literacy rate was 92.39 %.

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

Umtung Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 797 413 384
Child (0-6) 189 94 95
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 797 413 384
Literacy 94.74 % 96.87 % 92.39 %
Total Workers 361 191 170
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 20 10 10

Caste Factor

In Umtung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Umtung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umtung village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umtung village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 94.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 175 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 122 were Agricultural labourer.