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Umsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsaw is a medium size village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Umsaw village has population of 232 of which 110 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 25.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsaw village is 1109 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsaw as per census is 735, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsaw village was 89.60 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsaw Male literacy stands at 88.16 % while female literacy rate was 90.72 %.

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

Umsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 232 110 122
Child (0-6) 59 34 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 89.60 % 88.16 % 90.72 %
Total Workers 108 55 53
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.43 % of total population in Umsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsaw village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 98.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.