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Umsong Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umsong is a medium size village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 137 families residing. The Umsong village has population of 815 of which 432 are males while 383 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsong village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 23.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsong village is 887 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsong as per census is 652, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsong village was 93.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsong Male literacy stands at 94.32 % while female literacy rate was 92.53 %.

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

Umsong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 137 - -
Population 815 432 383
Child (0-6) 190 115 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 805 427 378
Literacy 93.44 % 94.32 % 92.53 %
Total Workers 326 167 159
Main Worker 275 - -
Marginal Worker 51 2 49

Caste Factor

In Umsong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.77 % of total population in Umsong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsong village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umsong village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 84.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 255 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.