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Umiew Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umiew is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 157 families residing. The Umiew village has population of 894 of which 431 are males while 463 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umiew village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 22.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umiew village is 1074 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umiew as per census is 970, equal than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umiew village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umiew village was 89.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umiew Male literacy stands at 87.61 % while female literacy rate was 90.98 %.

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

Umiew Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 894 431 463
Child (0-6) 197 100 97
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 889 429 460
Literacy 89.38 % 87.61 % 90.98 %
Total Workers 374 217 157
Main Worker 372 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Umiew village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.44 % of total population in Umiew village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umiew village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umiew village out of total population, 374 were engaged in work activities. 99.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 374 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.