Umtngam Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umtngam is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Umtngam village has population of 597 of which 295 are males while 302 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umtngam village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 25.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umtngam village is 1024 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umtngam as per census is 924, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umtngam village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umtngam village was 85.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umtngam Male literacy stands at 88.89 % while female literacy rate was 82.97 %.

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

Umtngam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	89	-	-
Population	597	295	302
Child (0-6)	152	79	73
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	592	291	301
Literacy	85.84 %	88.89 %	82.97 %
Total Workers	174	123	51
Main Worker	171	-	-
Marginal Worker	3	1	2

Caste Factor

In Umtngam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.16 % of total population in Umtngam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umtngam village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umtngam village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 98.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.