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Umtham Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umtham is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 93 families residing. The Umtham village has population of 534 of which 285 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umtham village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 10.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umtham village is 874 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umtham as per census is 706, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umtham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umtham village was 68.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umtham Male literacy stands at 72.51 % while female literacy rate was 64.89 %.

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

Umtham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 534 285 249
Child (0-6) 58 34 24
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 526 282 244
Literacy 68.91 % 72.51 % 64.89 %
Total Workers 226 119 107
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Umtham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.19 % of total population in Umtham village.

Work Profile

In Umtham village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 98.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 190 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.