Umsumbah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsumbah is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Umsumbah village has population of 129 of which 69 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsumbah village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 22.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsumbah village is 870 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsumbah as per census is 1231, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsumbah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsumbah village was 86.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsumbah Male literacy stands at 82.14 % while female literacy rate was 90.91 %.

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

Umsumbah Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	22	-	-
Population	129	69	60
Child (0-6)	29	13	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	128	68	60
Literacy	86.00 %	82.14 %	90.91 %
Total Workers	59	33	26
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	9	24

Caste Factor

In Umsumbah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.22 % of total population in Umsumbah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsumbah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsumbah village out of total population, 59 were engaged in work activities. 44.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.