Umtong Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umtong is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 97 families residing. The Umtong village has population of 553 of which 267 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umtong village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 20.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umtong village is 1071 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umtong as per census is 1109, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umtong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umtong village was 72.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umtong Male literacy stands at 64.62 % while female literacy rate was 79.11 %.

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

Umtong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	97	-	-
Population	553	267	286
Child (0-6)	116	55	61
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	529	254	275
Literacy	72.08 %	64.62 %	79.11 %
Total Workers	168	126	42
Main Worker	40	-	-
Marginal Worker	128	105	23

Caste Factor

In Umtong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.66 % of total population in Umtong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umtong village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umtong village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 23.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.