Umsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsaw is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 138 families residing. The Umsaw village has population of 773 of which 400 are males while 373 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 24.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsaw village is 933 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsaw as per census is 739, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsaw village was 71.03 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsaw Male literacy stands at 69.90 % while female literacy rate was 72.16 %.

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

Umsaw Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	138	-	-
Population	773	400	373
Child (0-6)	193	111	82
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	770	398	372
Literacy	71.03 %	69.90 %	72.16 %
Total Workers	328	161	167
Main Worker	322	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	2	4

Caste Factor

In Umsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Umsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsaw village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 98.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.