Umsalait Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Umsalait is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 201 families residing. The Umsalait village has population of 1190 of which 629 are males while 561 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Umsalait village population of children with age 0-6 is 303 which makes up 25.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Umsalait village is 892 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Umsalait as per census is 804, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Umsalait village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Umsalait village was 63.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Umsalait Male literacy stands at 56.83 % while female literacy rate was 71.13 %.

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

Umsalait Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	201	-	-
Population	1,190	629	561
Child (0-6)	303	168	135
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,180	622	558
Literacy	63.70 %	56.83 %	71.13 %
Total Workers	456	275	181
Main Worker	281	-	-
Marginal Worker	175	63	112

Caste Factor

In Umsalait village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.16 % of total population in Umsalait village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Umsalait village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Umsalait village out of total population, 456 were engaged in work activities. 61.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 456 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.