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Umkrem Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Umkrem is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 116 families residing. The Umkrem village has population of 612 of which 291 are males while 321 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umkrem village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 17.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umkrem village is 1103 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umkrem as per census is 1333, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umkrem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umkrem village was 88.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umkrem Male literacy stands at 86.59 % while female literacy rate was 89.66 %.

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

Umkrem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 612 291 321
Child (0-6) 105 45 60
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 606 287 319
Literacy 88.17 % 86.59 % 89.66 %
Total Workers 279 159 120
Main Worker 255 - -
Marginal Worker 24 16 8

Caste Factor

In Umkrem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.02 % of total population in Umkrem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umkrem village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Umkrem village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 91.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.