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Umkra Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umkra is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 108 families residing. The Umkra village has population of 604 of which 318 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkra village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 22.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkra village is 899 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkra as per census is 756, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkra village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkra village was 53.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkra Male literacy stands at 56.67 % while female literacy rate was 51.10 %.

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

Umkra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 604 318 286
Child (0-6) 137 78 59
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 603 317 286
Literacy 53.96 % 56.67 % 51.10 %
Total Workers 429 219 210
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 137 57 80

Caste Factor

In Umkra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.83 % of total population in Umkra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkra village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umkra village out of total population, 429 were engaged in work activities. 68.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 429 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.