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Umshaken Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umshaken is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 163 families residing. The Umshaken village has population of 969 of which 494 are males while 475 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umshaken village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 18.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umshaken village is 962 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umshaken as per census is 842, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umshaken village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umshaken village was 92.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umshaken Male literacy stands at 94.49 % while female literacy rate was 90.38 %.

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

Umshaken Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 969 494 475
Child (0-6) 175 95 80
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 965 491 474
Literacy 92.44 % 94.49 % 90.38 %
Total Workers 386 199 187
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 31 5 26

Caste Factor

In Umshaken village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.59 % of total population in Umshaken village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umshaken village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umshaken village out of total population, 386 were engaged in work activities. 91.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 386 workers engaged in Main Work, 249 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.