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Umstain Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Umstain is a small village located in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Umstain village has population of 165 of which 85 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umstain village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 25.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umstain village is 941 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umstain as per census is 1471, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umstain village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umstain village was 78.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umstain Male literacy stands at 82.35 % while female literacy rate was 72.73 %.

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

Umstain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 165 85 80
Child (0-6) 42 17 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 163 83 80
Literacy 78.05 % 82.35 % 72.73 %
Total Workers 83 48 35
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 62 36 26

Caste Factor

In Umstain village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.79 % of total population in Umstain village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umstain village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Umstain village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 25.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.