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Umsawmat Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsawmat is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 114 families residing. The Umsawmat village has population of 569 of which 301 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsawmat village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 25.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsawmat village is 890 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsawmat as per census is 810, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsawmat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsawmat village was 89.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsawmat Male literacy stands at 90.99 % while female literacy rate was 88.73 %.

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

Umsawmat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 569 301 268
Child (0-6) 143 79 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 555 292 263
Literacy 89.91 % 90.99 % 88.73 %
Total Workers 267 146 121
Main Worker 244 - -
Marginal Worker 23 16 7

Caste Factor

In Umsawmat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.54 % of total population in Umsawmat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsawmat village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsawmat village out of total population, 267 were engaged in work activities. 91.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 267 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.