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Umtangtiang Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Umtangtiang is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Umtangtiang village has population of 277 of which 143 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umtangtiang village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 30.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umtangtiang village is 937 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umtangtiang as per census is 1333, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umtangtiang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umtangtiang village was 26.94 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umtangtiang Male literacy stands at 23.36 % while female literacy rate was 31.40 %.

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

Umtangtiang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 277 143 134
Child (0-6) 84 36 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 275 141 134
Literacy 26.94 % 23.36 % 31.40 %
Total Workers 126 74 52
Main Worker 125 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Umtangtiang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.28 % of total population in Umtangtiang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umtangtiang village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Umtangtiang village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 99.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.