Umsham Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsham is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Umsham village has population of 237 of which 102 are males while 135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsham village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 20.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsham village is 1324 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsham as per census is 1286, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsham village was 46.03 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsham Male literacy stands at 39.51 % while female literacy rate was 50.93 %.

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

Umsham Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	237	102	135
Child (0-6)	48	21	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	229	99	130
Literacy	46.03 %	39.51 %	50.93 %
Total Workers	108	50	58
Main Worker	106	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Umsham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.62 % of total population in Umsham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsham village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsham 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, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.