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Ukiam Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Ukiam is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Ukiam village has population of 593 of which 298 are males while 295 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ukiam village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ukiam village is 990 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ukiam as per census is 1114, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ukiam village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ukiam village was 83.60 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ukiam Male literacy stands at 81.89 % while female literacy rate was 85.37 %.

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

Ukiam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 593 298 295
Child (0-6) 93 44 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 562 277 285
Literacy 83.60 % 81.89 % 85.37 %
Total Workers 332 178 154
Main Worker 330 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Ukiam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.77 % of total population in Ukiam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ukiam village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Ukiam village out of total population, 332 were engaged in work activities. 99.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 332 workers engaged in Main Work, 322 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.