Umsiaw Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umsiaw is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 185 families residing. The Umsiaw village has population of 1057 of which 527 are males while 530 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsiaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 21.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsiaw village is 1006 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsiaw as per census is 1092, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsiaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsiaw village was 76.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsiaw Male literacy stands at 68.18 % while female literacy rate was 83.94 %.

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

Umsiaw Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	185	-	-
Population	1,057	527	530
Child (0-6)	228	109	119
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	766	382	384
Literacy	76.00 %	68.18 %	83.94 %
Total Workers	538	302	236
Main Worker	309	-	-
Marginal Worker	229	61	168

Caste Factor

In Umsiaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.47 % of total population in Umsiaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsiaw village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umsiaw village out of total population, 538 were engaged in work activities. 57.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 538 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.