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Umkaber Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umkaber is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 82 families residing. The Umkaber village has population of 364 of which 198 are males while 166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkaber village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 20.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkaber village is 838 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkaber as per census is 596, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkaber village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkaber village was 98.27 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkaber Male literacy stands at 98.01 % while female literacy rate was 98.55 %.

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

Umkaber Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 364 198 166
Child (0-6) 75 47 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 361 196 165
Literacy 98.27 % 98.01 % 98.55 %
Total Workers 160 79 81
Main Worker 157 - -
Marginal Worker 3 0 3

Caste Factor

In Umkaber village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.18 % of total population in Umkaber village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkaber village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umkaber village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 98.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.