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Umkor Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umkor is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 266 families residing. The Umkor village has population of 1430 of which 656 are males while 774 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkor village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 17.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkor village is 1180 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkor as per census is 1198, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkor village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkor village was 89.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkor Male literacy stands at 89.07 % while female literacy rate was 89.92 %.

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

Umkor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,430 656 774
Child (0-6) 255 116 139
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,427 655 772
Literacy 89.53 % 89.07 % 89.92 %
Total Workers 470 284 186
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 178 108 70

Caste Factor

In Umkor village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Umkor village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkor village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umkor village out of total population, 470 were engaged in work activities. 62.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 470 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.