Umsaw Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umsaw is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 138 families residing. The Umsaw village has population of 647 of which 339 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 24.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsaw village is 909 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsaw as per census is 1078, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsaw village was 46.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsaw Male literacy stands at 53.05 % while female literacy rate was 38.22 %.

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

Umsaw Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	138	-	-
Population	647	339	308
Child (0-6)	160	77	83
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	622	316	306
Literacy	46.20 %	53.05 %	38.22 %
Total Workers	332	183	149
Main Worker	187	-	-
Marginal Worker	145	11	134

Caste Factor

In Umsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.14 % of total population in Umsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsaw village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsaw village out of total population, 332 were engaged in work activities. 56.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 332 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.