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Umket Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Umket is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 173 families residing. The Umket village has population of 941 of which 449 are males while 492 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umket village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 20.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umket village is 1096 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umket as per census is 959, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umket village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umket village was 82.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umket Male literacy stands at 81.77 % while female literacy rate was 83.17 %.

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

Umket Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 941 449 492
Child (0-6) 192 98 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 934 444 490
Literacy 82.51 % 81.77 % 83.17 %
Total Workers 416 220 196
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 171 79 92

Caste Factor

In Umket village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.26 % of total population in Umket village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umket village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Umket village out of total population, 416 were engaged in work activities. 58.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 416 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.