Umkon Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umkon is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 118 families residing. The Umkon village has population of 807 of which 391 are males while 416 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkon village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 21.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkon village is 1064 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkon as per census is 880, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkon village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkon village was 82.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkon Male literacy stands at 78.93 % while female literacy rate was 86.57 %.

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

Umkon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	118	-	-
Population	807	391	416
Child (0-6)	173	92	81
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	789	382	407
Literacy	82.97 %	78.93 %	86.57 %
Total Workers	193	151	42
Main Worker	156	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	19	18

Caste Factor

In Umkon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.77 % of total population in Umkon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkon village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umkon village out of total population, 193 were engaged in work activities. 80.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 193 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.