About Umsaw Village

Umsaw is a mid sized village in Mawphlang tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 773, made up of 400 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umsaw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umsaw village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawphlang
Pincode	793120
Population	773
Male Population	400
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umsaw compares

By the 2011 count Umsaw is the 15th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 389 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Umsaw

Umsaw is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umsaw 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 Umsaw from other places

Umsaw lies about 11 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 66 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 Umsaw
Nearest town	Shillong	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawphlang	10 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	66 km

Villages closest to Umsaw

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

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Common questions about Umsaw

As per the Census of India 2011, Umsaw village had a population of 773. That makes it the 15th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 389 residents.

Umsaw village has 400 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umsaw has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Umsaw is 793120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umsaw falls under Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umsaw is Kamalajari, about 66 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 Umsaw.

Umsaw is about 11 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.

Umsaw is in Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is about 7.4 km away. Mawphlang is about 10 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.