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Umsawwar Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsawwar is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Umsawwar village has population of 409 of which 215 are males while 194 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsawwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 26.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsawwar village is 902 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsawwar as per census is 688, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsawwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsawwar village was 68.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsawwar Male literacy stands at 59.60 % while female literacy rate was 77.33 %.

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

Umsawwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 409 215 194
Child (0-6) 108 64 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 408 215 193
Literacy 68.44 % 59.60 % 77.33 %
Total Workers 219 108 111
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 99 30 69

Caste Factor

In Umsawwar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.76 % of total population in Umsawwar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsawwar village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsawwar village out of total population, 219 were engaged in work activities. 54.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 219 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.