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Umshangiar Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Umshangiar is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 108 families residing. The Umshangiar village has population of 557 of which 270 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umshangiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 28.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umshangiar village is 1063 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umshangiar as per census is 1039, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umshangiar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umshangiar village was 54.75 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umshangiar Male literacy stands at 39.38 % while female literacy rate was 69.08 %.

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

Umshangiar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 557 270 287
Child (0-6) 157 77 80
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 549 264 285
Literacy 54.75 % 39.38 % 69.08 %
Total Workers 264 133 131
Main Worker 262 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Umshangiar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.56 % of total population in Umshangiar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umshangiar village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Umshangiar village out of total population, 264 were engaged in work activities. 99.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 264 workers engaged in Main Work, 237 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.