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About Umkhoi Village

Umkhoi is a small village in Mawkynrew tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 70 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umkhoi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umkhoi village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District East Khasi Hills
Tehsil Mawkynrew
Pincode 793015
Population 143
Male Population 70
Female Population 73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umkhoi compares

By the 2011 count Umkhoi is the 64th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Umkhoi

Umkhoi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umkhoi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umkhoi from other places

Umkhoi lies about 16 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 74 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Umkhoi
Tehsil headquarters Mawkynrew 4.0 km
Nearest town Nongthymmai 16 km
District headquarters East Khasi Hills 16 km
Nearest railway station Kamalajari 74 km

Villages closest to Umkhoi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawkynrew tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Umkhoi

As per the Census of India 2011, Umkhoi village had a population of 143. That makes it the 64th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Umkhoi village has 70 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umkhoi has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Umkhoi is 793015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umkhoi falls under Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umkhoi is Kamalajari, about 74 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Umkhoi.

Umkhoi is about 16 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umkhoi is in Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawkynrew is about 4.0 km away. Nongthymmai is about 16 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mawlyngot (3.1 km), Mawkynrew (4.0 km) and Rasong (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Umkhoi today is likely to be higher.

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