Umkei Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umkei is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 149 families residing. The Umkei village has population of 886 of which 468 are males while 418 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkei village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 23.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkei village is 893 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkei as per census is 1078, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkei village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkei village was 71.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkei Male literacy stands at 69.67 % while female literacy rate was 74.03 %.

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

Umkei Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	149	-	-
Population	886	468	418
Child (0-6)	212	102	110
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	877	465	412
Literacy	71.66 %	69.67 %	74.03 %
Total Workers	327	225	102
Main Worker	280	-	-
Marginal Worker	47	17	30

Caste Factor

In Umkei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.98 % of total population in Umkei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkei village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umkei village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 85.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 234 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.