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Umjalisiaw Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Umjalisiaw is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 101 families residing. The Umjalisiaw village has population of 622 of which 309 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umjalisiaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 29.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umjalisiaw village is 1013 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umjalisiaw as per census is 1044, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umjalisiaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umjalisiaw village was 46.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umjalisiaw Male literacy stands at 34.70 % while female literacy rate was 58.45 %.

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

Umjalisiaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 622 309 313
Child (0-6) 184 90 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 618 306 312
Literacy 46.58 % 34.70 % 58.45 %
Total Workers 202 137 65
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 11 7 4

Caste Factor

In Umjalisiaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.36 % of total population in Umjalisiaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umjalisiaw village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Umjalisiaw village out of total population, 202 were engaged in work activities. 94.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 202 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.