Umwai Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umwai is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Umwai village has population of 546 of which 285 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 17.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umwai village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umwai as per census is 959, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umwai village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umwai village was 94.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umwai Male literacy stands at 94.49 % while female literacy rate was 95.33 %.

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

Umwai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	122	-	-
Population	546	285	261
Child (0-6)	96	49	47
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	544	283	261
Literacy	94.89 %	94.49 %	95.33 %
Total Workers	246	151	95
Main Worker	216	-	-
Marginal Worker	30	11	19

Caste Factor

In Umwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Umwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umwai village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umwai village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 87.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 159 were Agricultural labourer.